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BROOKLYN. 



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ADVERTISEMENT. 



The principal cause for the publication of this little "GUIDE," 
is also the cause for the peculiar name which it bears— "THE 
PEACTICAL." A considerable number of Hand-Books to the City 
of New York exist ; but for one cause or another they are generally 
impractical, consequently of limited use, or none. One is a hand- 
some picture-book, useful for a hbrary, but too large for the 
pocket ; another is cumbrous and inconvenient ; a third is a mere 
advertising medium, with everything else subordinated to the inter- 
ests of dealers, &c., &c., &c. Familiar with the publication of 
general Guide Books to the Old and New Worlds, which have the 
reputation of being exceptionally convenient and useful, while low- 
priced and unpretentious— the Editor has believed that he could tell 
the story of the City of New York, intelHgently, briefly, and to the 
purpose, making a little book very cheap and very useful ; and, 
abandoning the whole stereotype system, it is his intention to re- 
publish it every year, with material alterations as they may be 
demanded. The information as to Streets, Churches, Plates of 
Amusement, Railways, Hotels, &c., will be found clear and intel- 
ligible, while brief and concise ; and the feature has been added, of 
condensed dii-ections for making those Longer Excursions away 
from the City, which many travellers will desire, as well as the 
Shoi'ter ones necessary for every visitor. 

New York City, May, 1877. 



NEW YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 



Necessarily, the three or four pages immediately 
succeeding, are especially intended for those who 
reach New York by sea, from Europe or coastwise ; 
though many others may find the suggestions and 
remarks applicable, at any time when they have oc- 
casion to pass up or down the Lower or Upper 
Bays, on excursions or otherwise, 

APPROACH AND HARBOR. 

Two or three hours from Sandy Hook, for ships 
coming down the Long Island coast, and as a first 
sight for those crossing from the south, are made 
the Highlands of Navesink, fine bold headlands ap- 
proaching the sea, and forming one point of the 
eastern coast of New Jersey. These hills show to 
excellent advantage on a nearer approach, and are 
very imposing when the bar at Sandy Hook is being 
crossed ; two square-tower light-houses showing on 
the Highlands, behind the long, low point of wooded 
sand forming the Hook, on which are to be seen one 
light-house and two beacons, with a formidable line 
of government fortifications in progress, near the 
outer or northern end, very near to which the ship 
necessarily passes the channel. 

Passing the Bar and running up the Lower Bay, 
the New Jersey Highlands continue ahead and to 



4 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

the left, sloping- away toward Long Branch a few 
miles southward ; on the right continues Lojig 
Istattd, with the still lower and sandier Coney Island 
adjoining it in front; still ahead and to the left 
rise the hills of Stat en Island, with an opening be- 
tween it and Long Island marking the Narrows, 
through which entrance is made from the Lower or 
Raritan Bay into the Upper or Bay of New York 
proper. 

Z'-hX the left, four or five miles below the Narrows, 
is passed (if there is no occasion to make its nearer 
acquaintance) the New York Quarantine ~x?i.x\^^% of 
low buildings on two artificial islands built within 
the last few 3'ears on a shoal known as the West 
Bank of Romer. Passing the Narrows, the fine 
fortification to the right, on Long Island, is Fort 
Ha7nilto7i, with the ruins of the once celebrated Fort 
Lafayette standing in the water at some distance 
below it — while to the left rises the corresponding 
bluff of Staten Island, crowned with a light-house 
and fortifications, with a strong new structure. Fort 
Richmond, standing below at near the water's edge. 

The view of New York Bay, after passing the Nar- 
rows, is considered one of the finest of its char- 
acter in the world, and should never be lost by the 
traveler enjoying the opportunity for the first time. 
On the right, passing up, will be observed the 
Long Island shore, handsomely shaded, and dotted 
with the residences of well-to-do citizens or subur- 
bans ; and on the left Staten Island presents much 
higher ground, landings and thriving villages near 
the shore, and the sides of the hills in like manner 



'NEW YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 5 

well shaded and dotted with tasteful residences. Some 
six miles above the Narrows, at the immediate right, 
the monuments of Gree?iwood Cemetery may be 
seen covering and crowning one of the Long 
Island hills near the shore ; still to the right, but 
ahead, the City of Brookly7i shows its many spires and 
wilderness ot buildings; immediately ahead rises 
Governor s Island, with its round fort. Castle William, 
and its long ranges of barracks and officers -quarters ; 
and as Governor's Island is passed, still directly 
ahead, the City of New York is seen, stretching right 
and left, from its lowest point at the Battery, up the 
East and North Rivers (Long Island Sound and the 
Hudson), each line showing a perfect forest of the 
masts of shipping, and the marked deficiency of 
commanding spires partially relieved by the nearness 
and grace of that of Trinity Church, and the height 
of many of the principal buildings. In the view 
Soundward (eastward), the commanding towers of 
the new Brooklyn Bridge form notable features. 

From this point, which best reveals the splendor 
of New York Harbor, Brooklyn lies a little behind, 
at the right; Staten Island has fallen away to a 
much greater distance behind and at the left; the 
Hudson River stretches northward, immediately 
ahead. Long Island Sound branching away eastward 
at an acute angle ; the other two islands of the har- 
bor, so far unnamed, Bedlce's and Ellis', lie at some 
distance to the left ; and behind them, to the left and 
ahead, on the west or New Jersey side of the river, 
may be prominently seen the towns of Jersey City 
and Hoboken, continual high lands rising up-river 



6 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

from the latter, along the Hudson, towards Fort Lee 
and the Palisades. 

It is also at this point that the traveller visiting the 
New World for the first time from the Old, will find 
one of the most marked of sensations in observing 
not only the immense variety of shipping and the 
flags of all nations at the wharves and in the stream, 
but the many particulars in which the American river 
and ferry craft differ from those of any other nation — 
the prevailing color being white, and both strength 
and J^grace 'often sacrificed to speed and temporary 
convenience. 

NEW YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN, PROPER. 

Commercial capital of the New World, the City of 
New York lies at the junction of the North or Hud- 
son River and Long Island Sound (familiarly called 
the East River), having thus the best of opportuni- 
ties for cleanliness and health, which are by no 
means always embraced with due diligence and 
faithfulness — the city being always ineffectually 
cleaned, in comparison with the cost to the people, 
and often disgracefully dirty. In effect, Brooklyn, 
immediately opposite on the southeast, and con- 
nected with it by half-a-dozen or more well-managed 
steam-ferries, is a part of the same city, though 
lying in another county, and bearing a different 
name ; while nearly the same may be said of both 
Jersey City and Hoboken, on the New Jersey shore, 
and reached in the same manner by ferry. 

Before proceeding to explore the city or suburbs, 
it should be noted that carriage-service in New 



NEIV YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 7 

York is very high and very bad ; cab-service better 
and improving, though by no means up to the 
European standard — so that the first should be 
ahiiost entirely avoided, and the latter much oftener 
foregone in favor of the public conveyances than 
they would be in any city of the Old World. The 
ferries should be used freely, not only for necessary 
crossings, but as an additional means of studying 
the topography of the harbor, and the excellence of 
the system. For most city travel the street horse- 
cars [see directions for those cars, different lines, 
very soon following] run regularly and well, and 
are comfortable, except at morning and evening 
hours, bringing too great crowds';'and the Elevated 
Railroad, from the Battery, and omnibuses from the 
Brooklyn Ferries, are available and respectable. 

NOTABLE STREETS. 

Of the Streets, the best worth noting is Broadway , 
which should be walked or driven in open car- 
riage, from its commencement at the Battery 
(harbor side), to its virtual termination at Madison 
Square, many of the best commercial buildings be- 
ing thus seen, and a succession of splendid business- 
erections observed, not equalled, perhaps, in any 
other city of either continent. Thence 7v/7/^ avenue 
should be taken, to the Central Park, a view being- 
thus caught of the finest fashionable street in 
America, and one of the handsomest in the world, 
though very irregular in architecture. Madison ave- 
nue is also admirably built and fashionable. Much of 
the leading fashion of the city may be found gathered 



8 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

in the streets running out from Fifth avenue, from 
Fourteenth to Sixtieth street — notably on Twenty- 
third, TJiirty-foiirth, Forty-second streets, &c. The 
Boisjery may be noted as the people's or east-side 
Broadway. Greenwich street will be found filling a 
somewhat similar position on the west side ; Third, 
Sixth and Eighth avejiiies may be taken as fair 
types of prosperous commonalty and bustle ; West 
street (Hudson River side) will be found to supply 
a jam quite worthy of the Strand at its worst hours; 
and still further down town, IVall street, Broad ^ud 
New streets command attention as the centres of the 
moneyed interest. In Brooklyn, the most notable 
streets are Mo?itap-j{e and Clinton for fashion ; Fnl- 
ion and Court streets, Atlantic and Myrtle ave?ntes, 
&c., for business activity; Third street. Union street. 
Fourth avenue, &c., as drives ; Clinton, Washing- 
ton, Bedford, Grand and other avc?iues, for sub- 
urban beauty. 

WHARVES AND MARKETS. 

Or Wharves, New York has never had any de- 
serving the name, though a fine water-front is now 
presented at the Battery, and arrangements are in 
progress to supply well-built docks along both rivers. 
Of Markets, the Washington, foot of Vesey street, 
Hudson River side, and the Fulton, foot of Fulton 
street, East River side, will be found among the 
best supplied in the world, though the buildings 
are very old and badly kept. Newer and better 



NEIV YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 9 

erections are the Mciropolitcm, foot of Thirty-fourth 
street, North River, and the Tompkins, Third ave- 
nue and Seventh street. 



MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES AND GALLERIES. 

Of Museums, the MeiropolitLm Museum of Art, 
Fourteenth street, near Sixth avenue ; one at Cen- 
tral Park ; and a small but unique one (naval) at the 
Brooklyn Navy Yard. Of Libraries, the Astor, La- 
fayette Place ; the Mercaiitile, Astor Place ; the 
Society, University Place ; Law, Post Office Building ; 
Lenox, Fifth avenue ; American Lnstititte, Cooper 
Union^Building; Apprentices', 472 Broadway; His- 
torical, 170 Second Avenue ; Printers , 3 Chambers 
street ; Wo?na7i's, 38 Bleecker street, &c. Of Pub- 
lic Galleries, that of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 
(above named) ; the Lenox, Fifth avenue (in connec- 
tion with Library) ;,the somewhat extensive ones of 
the picture-dealers, Goupil {Knoedler, successor), 
Fifth avenue, Sckaus, Broadway, Somerville, Univer- 
sity Place, Snedecor, Fifth avenue, &c., with annual 
'exhibitions of the Academy of Design (Twenty-third 
street and Fourth avenue) ; and the Private Galleries 
of some of the wealthy citizens are very creditable, 
and sometimes exhibited to the public. Large col- 
lections of national and celebrity portraits are to be 
seen in the great photograph galleries of Sarony, 
Kurtz, Fredricks, Mora, Roc kw cod, Bogardus, &c. The 
New York Aquarium, Broadway and Thirty-fifth 
street, will also command deserved attention. 



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HOSPITALS. 

The principal Hospitals are the Neiv York, near 
Fifth avenue, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth sts. ; 
BcUevue, foot of Twent3^-sixth street, East River; St. 
Ltikes, Fifth avenue and Fift\^-fourth street ; St. Vin- 
cenfs, West Eleventh street (under charge of the 
Sisters of Charity) ; Ger7nan, Fourth avenue, cor. of 
Seventy-seventh street ; Mt. Si?iai, Lexington ave- 
nue, cor. East Sixty-sixth street ; Nursery mid Child's, 
Lexington avenue, cor. East Fifty-first street ; New 

York Opthalmic, Third avenue, cor. East Twelfth st. ; 

Woman s. East Fiftieth street and Fourth avenue ; 
Koosei>eIt, West Fifty-ninth street, near Ninth ave- 
nue ; Seamen's Friend ajid Retreat, 12 Old Slip (Hos- 
pital on Staten Island) ; &c., [see table, p. 43.] 

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 

Of Educational Institutions and the structures 
connected, the following are most notable : Colum- 
bia College (an institution of moderate age but rep- 
utation and usefulness, and with Law and Mining 
Schools attached). East Forty-ninth street; New 

York University (collegiate, but making no pretence 
to fill the European use of the word), University 
Place, opposite Washington Square ; New York Col- 
lege (formerly the New York Free Academy), Twenty- 
third street and Lexington avenue ; College of Phy- 
sicia?is and Surgeons, East Twenty-third street and 
Fourth avenue ; U)iiversity Medical College, Worth 
street; Rutgers Female College, Fifth avenue; Unioft 

Theological Seminary, University Place ; Ne7v York 
Law Institute, Chambers street ; Protestant ^Episcopal 



NEIV YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN, ii 

Theological Seminary ; new Nor?nal College, &c., &c. 
In connection with educational facilities it should 
be added that the Common Schools of the City of 
New York are the best in the world, in handsome 
and commodious buildings, free to all, numerously 
attended, and worth observation by any visitor. 

MONUMENTS. 

Of Monuments, New York has as follows: In 
Central Park, Shakspeare (statue). Sir Walter Scott, 
Humboldt, Schiller, Webster, &c. In Union Square, 
equestrian statue of Washington, statues oi Lafayette 
and Liticoln. In Madison Square, monument obelisk 
to Gen. Worth, and statue of Secretary William H. 
Sezuard. In Trinity Churchyard, Martyrs' Memorial 
(handsome Gothic structure in honor of revolution- 
ary patriots who died on the prison-ships) ; monu- 
ment to Captain Lawrence, who fell on the Chesa- 
peake ; the horizontal slab over the remains of the 
heroine of the romance of the same name, Charlotte 
Temple. In St. Paul's Churchyard, shaft to Robert 
Enwiett, the Irish patriot ; monument to Gen. Mont- 
gomery ; one (back of church), to George Frederick 
Cooke, the actor. In Printing House Square, bronze 
statue oi Frafiklin. 

ANTIQUITIES. 

Of antiquities, the city may be said to have lit- 
erally none, the hand of "improvement" having 
lately been very busy with the few remaining. The 
two most interesting old buildings existing, are the 
Old Walton House, Pearl Street, most fashionable 



12 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

residence of the past century, now deca5'ed ; 'and 
the Washington Hotel, Broadway and Battery Place, 
once the residence of Gen. Washington, of Sir Guy 
Carleton, &c. 

CHURCHES. 

Of Churches, few command any attention architec- 
turally, though there is no deficiency as to number. 
The two oldest were the No7-th Dutch, Fulton and 
William streets, not long since demolished, and 
the Middle Dutch, used as a prison by the British 
during the War of the Revolution, and late the City 
Post Office — Nassau, Liberty and Cedar streets. 
St. Paul's, Broadway (where the pew of General 
Washington, when President, still remains), and 
St. Johjis, Varick street, best deserve present 
notice, from age and unpretending grace ; and 
Trinity, Broad wa3^ as the most respectable finished 
Gothic erection on the Continent — though ^t. Pat- 
rick's Cathedral, Fifth avenue and Fiftieth street, 
will eventually dwarf it and all others. Those re- 
maining, best repaying visits of curiosity, are St. 
George's, Rutherford Place ; Grace Church, Broad- 
way ; St. Pauls and All Souls, Fourth avenue ; 
St. Thomas' , Fifth avenue ; Holy Trinity, Madison 
avenue ; St. Mark's (old), Stuyvesant street ; the 
Tabernacle, 'Sixth avenue ; St. Stephen's, Twenty- 
eighth street ; Dr. Chapin's, Fifth avenue. In 
Brooklyn (named, from their numbers, the "City 
of Churches"), the most notable are the Holy Trinity 
and St. Ann' s-on-t he-Heights, both on Clinton 
street; Dr. Eddy's, Pierrepont street; Church of 



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the Pilgrims, Henry street; the Tabertiacle, Scher- 
nierhorn street; St. Charles Borrovieo (Catholic), 
Sidney Place. 

PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 

Of Public Buildings, the most interesting, from 
one cause or another, will be found the City Hall, 
City Hall Park (with a collection of civic and heroic 
portraits of some interest, in the " Governor's 
Room ") ; the New Court House (unfinished, but 
with many handsome rooms), same place ; the City 
Prison ("Tombs"), Centre street; the Custom 
House and Sub-Treasury, ^-ixW street; the Cooper 
Institute, junction of Third and Fourth avenues; 
the Bible House, opposite the preceding, above ; the 
Academy of Music, Fourteenth street ; the Acadony 
of , Design and Christian Association buildings, 
Fourth avenue and Twenty-third street ; Booth's 
Theatre, Twenty-third street; the Grand Opera 
House, Eighth avenue ; Tammany Hall, Fourteenth 
street; the Central Police Station, Mulberry street ; 
Hudson River Railroad Freight Depot, Hudson 
street (with colossal bronze, of much oddity and a 
certain merit, on the principal front, in honor of the 
late Cornelius Vanderbilt) ; new Grand Ce7itral De- 
pot, of the N. Y. Central, Harlem, and New Haven 
Railroads, Fourth avenue and Forty-second street; 
Post Office (new and magnificent), City Hall Park ; 
Methodist Book Concern, Broadway and Eleventh 
street: Masonic Hall (lately built), Twenty-third 
street and Sixth avenue; Stock Exchange (new). 
Broad street ; Produce Exchange, Whitehall street ; 



14 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

New York Historical Society, University Place, near 
Twelfth street. In Brooklyn, the City Hall and 
County Court House, Court and Fulton streets ; 
Academy of Music, Montague street; Mercantile Li- 
brary, and Art Association Building, same street ; 
Atheneuni, Atlantic avenue, &c. 

COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. 

New York has many Commercial Buildings of 
great cost and splendor — no other city in the world 
having more of what may be designated as " pal- 
aces," devoted to money or trade. The lead is taken 
among purely financial buildings, by the Park 
Bank, Broadway. No less than three structures, 
devoted to Life Assurance, command much atten- 
tion — those of the Equitable Society, at Broadway 
and Cedar street ; of the Mutual Coinpatiy, Broad- 
way and Liberty street; and of the Nezu York Com- 
pany, Broadway and Leonard street ; while the 
Western Union Telegraph building, Broadway and 
Dey street, the Drexel Banking House, Wall and 
Broad streets, the Bennett Building, Nassau, Ful- 
ton and Ann streets, and others, command attention. 
The most prominent among what are called the 
" business palaces," are those of A. T. Stewart & Co., 
Broadway and Chambers street, and Broadway and 
Ninth street ; of Lord & Taylor, Broadway and 
Twentieth street ; of Arnold &» Constable, Broad- 
wa}^ Fifth avenue and Nineteenth street ; of Johnson, 
Broadway, Fifth avenue and Twenty-second st. ; of 
Tiffany, \5n\on Square and Fifteenth street; of the 
Domestic Sewi?tg Machine Co., corner Broadway and 



NEPl^ YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 15 

Fourteenth st. ; of the Wheeler &^ Wilson Seguing 
Machitie Company, Union Square ; of Macy, Sixth 
avenue and Fourteenth st. ; of the Appletons, Broad- 
way ; oi Brooks Brothers , Broadway and Bond street; 
Brewsters, Broadway and Forty-seventh street; 
Harpers, Frankhn Square; Frank Leslies, Pearl 
street, i&c. 

CLUB-HOUSES. 

\ Of Club-houses (also Clubs), the most prominent 
are the Uttion, Fifth avenue ; the Union League, 
Madison avenue ; the Manhattan, Fifth avenue ; 
the New York, Broadway and Fifth avenue ; W\q Lotos, 
Fifth Avenue ; the Century, East Fifteenth street ;;the 
Travelers , Fifth avenue ; the K7iickerbocker, Fifth 
avenue. Several other Clubs, of- only less promi- 
nence, will be found located in their appropriate 
table. 

PRIVATE DWELLINGS. 

There are many private dwellings of great cost, 
splendor, and varying architectural taste, on Fifth 
avenue and the more fashionable streets on Murray 
Hill ; the first among them being the palace of the 
lately deceased A. T. Stewart, at Fifth avenue and 
Thirty-fourth street, of which the details, with- 
out and within, are of the most lavish magnifi- 
cence, while the picture collection is very rich and 
valuable. Those of Mr. George Opdyke, Fifth avenue 
and Forty-seventh street ; Mr. Wm. H. Vanderbilt, 
Fifth avenue and Fortieth street ; Messrs. Phelps, 
Dodge &^ Phelps, Madison avenue, Thirty-sixth and 



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Thirty-seventh streets ; Messrs. Astor, Fifth avenue, 
Thirtj'-third and Thirty-fourth streets; Mj's. Stevetis, 
Fifth avenue and Fifty-sixth st ; Mrs. Coles, Fifth 
avenue near Forty-ninth street ; Mrs. Jones, Fifth 
avenue and Fifty-eighth street ; Judge Hilton, Fifth 
avenue and Fiftieth street ; Mr. Lenox (of Lenox 
Library fame), Fifth avenue near Washington Square ; 
Miss Woolfy Madison avenue and Twenty-fourth st. ; 
D. P. Morgan, Fifth avenue near Fiftieth street, &c., 
deserve attention for costly elegance. 

HOTEL-BUILDINGS AND HOTELS. 

Of Hotel Buildings (also Hotels), New York has 
many of great size and fine architecture, prominent 
among them being the Windsor, Fifth avenue and 
Fort^^-seventh street ; Fifth Avenue, Fifth avenue, 
Broadway and Twenty -fourth street; Berkeley, 
Fifth avenue and Ninth street ; Delnwnico's, Fifth 
avenue. Twenty-sixth st,, and Broadwa)'^ ; Rossinore, 
Broadway and Forty-second street ; Buckingham, 
Fifth avenue and Fiftieth street ; Grand Central, 
Broadway, opposite Bond street ; Brevoort, Fifth 
avenue, near Washington Park ; Astor House, 
Broadway and Barclay street ; St. Nicholas, Broad- 
way and Spring street ; Metropolitan, Broadway and 
Prince street; Westminster, Irving Place and Six- 
teenth street ; Gratid Hotel, Broadway and Thirtieth 
street ; St. Cloud, Broadway and Forty-second 
street ; Gilsey, Broadway and Twenty-ninth street ; 
Sturtevant, Broadway and Twenty-eighth street 
St. James, Broadway and Twenty-sixth street ; 
Hoffman, Broadway and Twenty-fourth street; Cole- 



^NEIV YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 17 

mail, Broadway and Twenty-seventh street ; Everett, 
Union Square; Clarendon, Fourth avenue: West- 
moreland, Union Square ; New York, Broadway and 
Fourth street ; Earles, Canal street ; Merchants 
(mercantile), Cortlandt street, &c. In Brooklyn. 
the Pierrepont House, Montague street, and the 
Ma7ision House, Hicks street. 

NEWSPAPER OFFICES. 

Several Newspaper Offices of mark are to be 
noticed in New York, especially those oi W-\^ Evening 
Post, Broadway and Fulton st. ; the Tribune, Printing 
House Square ; the Herald, Broadway and Ann 
street ; the Tijnes and the Staats Zeitimg, Printing 
House Square. J 

THEATRES. 

The principal Theatres of New York City proper 
are Wallack's, Broadway and Thirteenth street ; the 
Olympic, Broadway near Bleecker street ; Nibld's, 
Broadway near Prince street ; Booth's, Twenty-third 
street and Sixth avenue ; the Grand Opera House, 
Eighth avenue and Twenty-third street ; Daly's Neiu 
Fifth Avenue, Twent3^-eighth street, near Broadway; 
the Lyceum, Fourteenth street ; Park, Broadway and 
Twenty-second street; New Broadway, Broadway 
and Thirtieth street ; Union Square Theatre, Union 
Square ; Twenty-third Street, street of that name ; 
Eagle, Broadway and Thirty-third street ; Germania, 
(German), Fourteenth St., near Third ave, ; and the 
I^owery, street of that name. Opera House, the Aca- 
demy of Music, Fourteenth st. Ethiopian Minstrel 



1 8 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

Houses and Varieties, Tony Pastor s, the San Fran- 
cisco Minstrels, &c. Equestrian House, the Hippo- 
drome, Fourth avenue and Twenty-sixth street. 
Brooklyn ; the Academy of Mtisic, Montague street ; 
Brooklyn TJieatre, Washington street (burned, Dec. 
5th, 1S76, with great loss of Hfe, but to be re-erected 
this season); Park Theatre, Fulton street; Hooleys 
Opera House, Court street; W\Q AtJieneum, Atlantic 
avenue, &c. 

CHURCHES (SERVICES.) 
Most popular Churches (for service) Trinity, 
Broadway (Episcopalian) ; Grace, Broadway and 
Tenth street (Epis.) ; the Taberiiacle, Sixth avenue 
and Thirty-fourth street (Cong.) ; Dr. CJiapins, Fifth 
avenue and Forty-fifth street (Univ.) ; St. Thomas' , 
Fifth avenue (Epis.) ; Dr. Tyng's, Rutherford Place 
(Epis.) ; Fifth Avenue, Fifth avenue and Nineteenth 
St. (Pres.) ; Dr. HepwortJis, Madison ave. cor. E. 
45th St. [Cong.] ; St. Paul's, Fourth avenue and 
Twenty-second street (Methodist Episcopal) ; and 
in Brooklyn, Plymouth (Rev. Henry Ward Beech- 
er's), Orange street, (Cong.) ; St. Ajtn s-o?i-t/ie-Heights 
and the Holy Trinity (Epis.), both on Clinton 
street ; First Baptist, Nassau street ; Strong Place, 
(Bapt.), Strong Place ; Dr. Talmages Tabernacle, 
Schermerhorn street. Present Catholic Cathedral, 
in New York, St. Patric/c's, Mulberry and Houston 
streets; with other leading Catholic Churches — 
St. Stephens, Twent3''-eighth street, near Third 
avenue (noted for fine music), and St. Francis 
Xaviers, Sixteenth street, near Fifth avenue. 



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PUBLIC GROUNDS. 

Public Grounds — Cejitral Park, (see "Excur- 
sions," following) ; Washington, Madison and Union 
Squares, and Battejy and City Hall Parks, most of 
limited dimensions, but all assuming attractive 
shapes, and most of them being provided with 
music on certain evenings of the week, during the 
warm season ; and Jones'' Wood, lying on the east- 
ern side of the Island, on the river, opposite the 
lower end of the Central Park, for many years much 
frequented and famous as a place for great out- 
door gatherings, including the German and Irish 
festivals and the Scottish annual games ; Jerome 
Park, Westchester (also see " Excursions "); and 
in Brooklyn, Prospect Park, (also see " Excur- 
sions "), Prospect Park Fair Grounds, Lefferts Park, 
&c. 

FRRRIES. 
Principal Ferries : To Brooklyn, from foot Fulton 
street, foot Wall street, foot Catharine street, Peck 
Slip, foot Whitehall street ; to Jersey City (and Cun- 
ard Docks, and Pennsylvania Railroad), foot Cort- 
landt street, and foot Desbrosses street ; to Comniu- 
fiipaw (and New Jersey Central Railroad), foot Lib- 
erty street and foot Clarkson street ; to Hoboken 
(and Bremen and Hamburg steamers, and Morris 
and Essex Railroad), foot Barclay street and foot 
Christopher street ; to Pavonia (and passenger-depot 
of the Erie Railway), foot Chambers street and 
foot Twenty-third street ; to State?i Island, foot 
Whitehall street and foot Dey street ; to Hu7iters 
Point (and Long Island Railroad), James' Slip and 
foot Thirty- fourth street. 



20 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

PRINCIPAL STREET (HORSE) RAILROADS. 

First and Second Avenue Line. — Cars leave Peck Slip (East 
River, near Fulton Ferry), run through South, Oliver, Bowery, 
Grand and Christie streets, and Second avenue, to One Hundred 
and Twentj-eighth street, Harlem. Branch running through First 
avenue. Branch from Broadway at Worth street to Boweiy, and 
thence same route. Branch from Broadway at Astor Place, to 
Astoria Ferry, foot Ninety-second street. East River. 

Third Avenue Line. — Cars leave Broadway, opposite Astor House, 
run through Park Row, Chatliam street. Bowery, Third avenue to 
One Hundred and Thirtieth street, Harlem. 

Fourth Avenue Line.— Cars leave Broadway, o^Dposite Astor 
House, run through Park Row, Centre and Grand streets. Bowery 
and Fourth avenue to Fort3'-second street (Grand Central Depot); 
thence Madison avenue to Eighty-sixth street. Branch to Thirty- 
fourth Street Feny, fi-om Foui-th avenue and Thirty-second sti-eet. 

Broadu-ay Line. — Cai-s leave Broadway, corner Barclay street, 
run through Barclay, Church and Greene streets, Clinton and 
University Places, Broadway and Seventh avenue, to Fifty-ninth 
street (Central Park.) Branch of this road, from Bi'oadway, at 
Broome street, through Broome street to Greene street, and as 
above. 

Si.dh Avenue Line. — Cars leave Broadway, corner Vesey street, 
run through Vesej', Church and Chambers streets. West Broad- 
way, Canal, Yarick and Carmine streets, and Sixth avenue, 
to Fifty-ninth street (Central Park). 

Seventh Avenue Line. — Cars leave Broadway, comer Barclay st., 
run through Barclaj^ Church, Canal, Sullivan and Macdougal 
streets, Clinton Place, Greenwich and Seventh avenues, to Fifty- 
ninth street (Central Park). 

EigJtth Ai-enue Line. — Cars leave Broadway, corner Vesey street, 
iTin through Yesej', Church and Chambers streets, West Broadway, 
Canal and Hudson streets, and Eighth avenue, to Fiftj'-ninth street 
(Central Park). Branch of this road, from Broadway at Canal 
street, through Canal to Hudson street, and as above, with continu 
ation to Manhattanville. 

Ninth Avenue Line. — Cars leave Broadway, corner Fulton street, 
run through Fulton and Greenwich streets and Ninth avenue to 
Fifty-fourth street . 

Lexington Avenue Line. — Cars leave Broadway, opposite Astor 
House, i-un througn Park Row, Chatham street. Bowery, Third 



'NEIV YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 21 

avenvie, Thirty -fifth street, Lexington avenue to Forty-second street 
and Fourth avenue (Grand Central Depot). 

Bleecker Street Line.— Cars leave Fulton Ferry (East River), run 
through Fulton, William and Ann streets, Park Row, Centre, Elm, 
Howard, Crosby, Bleecker, Macdougal, West Fourth, AVest Thir- 
teenth, Hudson, West Fourteenth streets and Tenth avenue to 
Twenty-third street. Branch by Peck Slip, New Bowery and Canal 
street to same point. 

Belt Line. — (Eastern Division) : Cars leave South Ferry (Battery), 
rvm through Front street. Old Slip, South, Montgomery, South, Cor- 
laers, Grand, Goerck and East Houston streets. Avenue D, East 
Fourteenth street. Avenue A, East Twenty-third street. First avenue 
and East Fifty-ninth street to Fifth avenue at Central Park. 
(Western Division) : Cars leave South Ferry (Battery), run through 
Whitehall street and Battery Place, West street. Tenth avenue and 
West Fift3^-ninth street to Fifth avenue at Central Park — the two 
forming jjerfect connection round the city. 

Dry Dock Line.— Cars leave Broadway, opposite Astor House, 
run through Park Row, Chatham street, East Broadway, Grand and 
Columbia streets. Avenue D, East Eleventh street and Avenvie B, to 
foot East Fourteenth street. 

East Broadway Line. — Cars leave Broadway, corner Ann street, 
run through Park Row, Chatham street. East Broadway, Clinton 
street. Avenue B, East Fourteenth street, Avenue A, East Twenty- 
third street, First avenue, to Twenty-third Street Ferry. 

Grand and Cortlandt Line. — Cars leave Jersey City Ferry, foot 
Cortlandt street, run through Cortlandt, Gi-eenwich, Beach, Lispe- 
nard and Canal streets, East Broadway and Grand street to Grand 
Street Ferry (East River). 

Desbrosses and Grand Street Line. — Cars leave Desbrosses Street 
Ferry (North River), by Grand street, to Grand Street Ferry (East 
River). 

Crcss-Toum Line. — Cars leave West Forty-second street at Tenth 
avenue, run thi-ough Tenth avenue, Thirty-fourth street, Broadway, 
Twenty-third street. Fourth avenue, Foui'teenth street, and east 
side minor streets to foot of Grand street (East River). 

Avenue C Line. — Cars leave Erie Ferry, foot Chambers street, 
to Grand Central Depot ; also to Greenpoint Ferry, foot of Tenth 
street (East River). 

Church Street Line. — Cars leave Astor House (Vesey street), run 
through New Church street, Batterv Place and Whitehall street to 
South Ferry. 



22 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

Christopher and Tenth Street Line. — Cars leave Christopher Street 
Ferry (North River), by Eighth street to Greenpoiiit Ferry, foot 
Tenth street (East River). 

Central Cross-Town Line. — Cars leave Christopher Street Ferry 
(North River), via Union Square, to Greenpoint Ferry, foot Twenty- 
tliird street (East River). 

Twenty-third Street Line. — Cars leave Erie Ferry, foot Twenty- 
third street (North River), by Madison Square, to Greenpoint 
Ferry, foot Twenty-third street (East River) ; also, by Second ave- 
nue, to Hunter's Point Ferry, foot Thirty-fourth street (East 
River) . 

Forty-second Street Line. — Cars leave Grand Street Ferry (East 
River), via Fifth Avejiue Hotel, to Weehawken Ferry, foot Forty- 
second street (North Biver). 

Elevated Railway. — (Steam) : Care leave station at the South 
Ferry, and second station at Morris street, every few minutes, 
through, or rather over, Greenwich street and Ninth avenue, to 
Central Park, with stopping places at very short intervals, and 
many extensions projected. 

It will be noted that generally the up-routes of these lines have 
been given, as most intelligible ; some of them make slight varia- 
tions in return or down-routes, but when so, only to small distance. 
Omnibuses, up Broadway to various i)oints, leave South, Wall 
Street and Fulton Ferries, conspicuously lettered as to destina- 
tion. 

VIEWS OVER THE CITY AND HARBOR. 

The most extensive practicable view over the 
City and Harbor of New York, the Bay, Rivers, &c., 
can be caught from Trinify Church Steeple, by any 
one disposed to make the somewhat tiresome 
ascent ; but one ahnost as extensive, and much 
easier secured, may be obtained b)'' appHcation at 
the otiice of the Equitable Life Assurance Company, 
in the colossal Eqintable Building, corner of Broad- 
way and Cedar street, all that ascent being made by 
elevator, always in readiness for passengers, from 
the basement or any higher floors. Very fine views 



A'EIV YORK CITY AND BOOOKLYN. 23 

can also be caught from the higher stories of the 
Tribtme Builditig, the Western Union Telegraph 
Bill I ding, the Post-office, or the Eve7ii?ig Post Buildifig, 
nearly all of which have elevator facilities for as- 
cending. Of course the most extensive of all, for 
those who choose to run the hazard, and who can se- 
cure the privilege of making the ascent, may be had 
from the top of one of the towers of the BrooJdyn 
Bridge, elsewhere mentioned, and one of the world's 
curiosities in engineering. 

SPECIALTIES OF INTEREST. 

Every visitor to New York, during the present 
season, will naturally be attracted to the Brooklyn 
Bridge, above and elsewhere mentioned, spanning 
the East River from the New York side, at near foot 
of Roosevelt and Dover streets, to the Brooklyn side, 
adjoining Fulton Ferry. The operations connected 
with the completion of the bridge, in the way of 
cables, foot-bridges and other appliances for tempo- 
rary crossing, and for putting down the permanent 
bridge-way, must for a long time attract much atten- 
tion, and prove very instructive as well as interest- 
ing. 

The Ocean Steamships, at the various wharves of the 
great companies, must naturally be a matter of much 
curiosity with those not familiar with ocean- 
travel ; and, after Liverpool, no other port in the 
world has them in such numbers and splendor as 
New York. Among those most worthy of visiting 
(visits generally allowed, after arrived ships are 
" cleaned-up " — no smoking permitted on the 



24 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

wharves or the vessels), are those of the Cunard 
Line, at Jersey City, near the ferries from Cortlandt 
and Deshrosses streets, North River ; the Anchor 
Line, foot of Dey street; the Pacific Mail, foot of 
Canal street. North River; the Inman Line, foot 
Charlton street. North River; the National Line, 
foot Charlton and foot West Houston streets, North 
River; the French Line, foot Morton street, North 
River ; the White Star Line, foot West Tenth street, 
North River; the Guion Line, foot of King street. 
North River; the Bremen and Hamburg Lines (Ger- 
man), Hoboken, near the ferries from Barclay and 
Christopher streets ; the Bermuda Line, foot Beach 
street. North River ; the Havana Line, (near) foot 
Cedar street, North River; the Brazil Line, foot 
Spring street, North River, &c. 

The River and Sound Steamers command only less 
of attention, from their great size and sumptuous ar- 
rangements. Principal among these are the steam- 
ers of the People's Line, to Albany, foot Deshrosses 
street, North River ; the Day Boats on the Hudson 
(to Albany, &c.), foot Vestry street, North River ; 
the Mary Poiuell, afternoon boat on the Hudson, 
also foot of Vestry street; and of Sound boats, those 
of the Fall River Line, foot of Murray street. North 
River ; the Stonington Line, foot Jay street. North 
River, and the Norwich Line, foot Watts street, 
North River. 

Many Coastwise Steamers also demand notice : 
among them the New Orleans Lines, Piers 19 and 
36, North River; the Charleston Boats, Pier 29, 
North River ; the Savannah Boats, Pier 43, North 



NEIV YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 25 

River, and Pier 16, East River; the Richmond and 
Norfolk Boats, Pier 37, North River; the Galveston 
(Texas) Boats, Pier 20, East River ; the Philadelphia 
Boats, Pier 33, East River ; tlie Portland (Maine) 
Boats, Pier 38, East River, &c. 

The Elevated Railway, on Greenwich street and 
Ninth avenue, from the South Ferry to Central Park 
(elsewhere mentioned), v/ill be found one of the most 
convenient of modes of locomotion, as well as one 
of the greatest novelties in the world of travel. 

The Great Newspaper Offices of the city are well 
worth examination, for their excellence of arrange- 
ment and iniTnensity of issue ; and those not familiar 
with printing-processes can find much amusement 
and instruction in witnessing the press-work of an 
edition of a morning paper, performed late at night, 
but admission to the press-room generally procur- 
able by application at the office. The Herald, 
World, Tribune, Tiuies, Sim and Express may be reck- 
oned the leading and most interesting in this detail, 
as in others. Other Pitblication Offices (not of dai- 
lies), as Harper's, Franklin Square ; Frank Leslie's, 
Pearl street, &c., are also worthy of attention, for 
extent of business and excellence of arrangement. 

Some of the Great Dry Goods Houses, as Stewart's, 
Arnold & Constable's, Lord & Taylor's, and others 
(see places, p. 14), should be visited by those who 
take interest in what may be called the '* fashion of 
tiade." So of the Leading Photograph Houses, as 
Kurtz's, Rockwood's, Sarony's, Fredricks', &c. So 
of the large Life Listirance Offices, particularly the 
three elsewhere named — the Mutual, Equitable and 



26 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

New York, among the largest in the world, and the 
best appointed in all their surroundings and arrange- 
ments, each with a palatial building of great cost but 
equal necessity and convenience. So of the Dea/ers' 
Picture Galleries, Somerville, Knoedler, Schaus, 
Snedecor, &c., where much of artistic merit ma}- be 
found gathered and freely exhibited. 

The Go7'crnors Room, City Hall, has an interesting 
collection of National and Civic portraits, and other 
pictures, which may be seen on application to the 
Janitor. 

The Law Courts of the city command much interest 
and attention, from mau}^ visitors. The United States 
Courts \\\\\h^ found in the Post Office Building; the 
New York Supreme, Superior, Common Pleas and Sur- 
rogate' s\Vi the Court House Building, City Hall Park, 
where also will be found the offices of those courts, 
of the Comptroller, City Chamberlain, County Clerk, 
Sheriff, &c. The Marine Court is located in the 
"Brown-stone Building," Cit)^ Hall Park, and at 27 
Chambers st., opposite. In the " Brown-stone Build- 
ing "are also located the principal Criminal Coitrts, 
those of General Sessions, held by the Recorder and 
City Judge. Of the Police Courts the most interest- 
ing will be found at the Tombs, Centre St., and Jeffer- 
son Market, Sixth avenue. Central Police Station, 
300 Mulberry street. 

Other objects of interest to those making longer 
sojourn : Governor s Island, head-quarters ol the 
military department (reached by boat from South 
Ferry) ; the Navy Yard, Brooklyn (cars from Fulton 
Ferry) ; the Penal and Charitable Institutions on 



A'Ejr YORK CI TV AXD BROOKLYN. 27 

BlackwelVs, Randall's and Ward's Islands (under con- 
trol of Commissioners of Charities and Correction — 
building-, Third avenue and Eleventh street) ; and a 
variety of Asylums for orphans and the afflicted. 

SUBURBS, DRIVES AND EXCURSIONS. 

Of Drives and Short Excursions (b)'- carriage), the 
first favorite is that to the 

Central Park, a large and admirable public 
ground, occupying nearly the centre of the Island, 
extending in width from Fifth to Eighth avenues, 
and in length from Fifty-ninth to One-Hundred and 
Tenth streets, handsomely laid out, shaded and orna- 
mented, with fine roads and costly bridges, and 
lacking only age to be equal to any public ground 
in Europe. It has a Lake, with boats (service) ; a 
Museum, with Zoological collection and many other 
curiosities ; a Casino, on the European plan ; Public 
Carriages, making the round of the Park at short 
intervals, for trifling fare ; Statues of Shakspeare, 
Humboldt, Schiller, Webster, Morse, Sir Walter 
Scott, &c. ; statuary groups of the " Hunter and his 
Dog," " Auld Lang Syne," " Seventh Regiment Sol- 
dier," "The Fowler," "Commerce," &c. ; and pre- 
sents the feature of Music by a fine band every 
Saturday afternoon during the warm season, attract- 
ing immense concourses of people. Visitors should 
especially visit the Mall ; the Long Walk leading to it ; 
the Ramble ; the Museum with its Gallery of Statuary 
and Art, and the Natural History Collections ; and in 
the season enjoy a sail on the Lake and a comprehen- 
sive ride around the whole Park in the Park carriages, 



28 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

always in waiting at low fixed prices. The Central Park 
is open ever)^ day : Winter, 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. ; Fall, 6 
a. m. to 9 p. m. ; Summer (July, August and Septem- 
ber), 5 a. m. to II p. m. In connection are also to be 
seen the Croton Receiving Reservoirs, alleged to be ot 
size enough, and to contain water enough, to float 
the navies of the world. [Central Park may also be 
reached by 3d, 4th, 6th 7th or 8th avenues, or Broad- 
way, horse-cars from the City Hall, or from most ot 
the ferries (Belt road along either river), by the Ele- 
vated Railroad, &c.| Beyond, the drive by carriage 
is often and profitably extended to the Harlem and 
Bloomingdale Roads, or to High Bridge, an aqueduct 
Bridge over the Harlem River, of great height and 
solidity ; or to Jerome Park, new and handsome trot- 
ting and racing ground of the American Jockey 
Club, beyond the Harlem River, in Westchester. 
Another scarcely less fashionable drive is to 

Prospect Park, the new but very handsome 
public ground of Brooklyn, which bids fair to rival 
if not to excel the Central ; has a Lake ; a Dairy Cot- 
tage and Barn ; ?\. fine stretch of natural forest; an 
elevated drive with commanding view, down to the 
coast at Coney Island (''Ocean Parkway") ; statue of 
President Lincoln (at entrance), busts of Washington 
Irving, John Howard Payne, &c. Music by a fine 
band, Saturday afternoons. [May also be reached 
from New York by Fulton ferry and by horse-cars 
of Flatbush avenue or Smith street line.] Near 
Prospect Park is to be visited 

Gree?iwood Cemetery, one of the largest and hand- 
somest Cities of the Dead on the globe, with lakes. 



jVEU^ YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 29 

rising grounds, fine shade, costly monuments, and 
all the other melancholy attractions possible to be 
flung around places of burial. Among the leading 
features are the handsome sculptured Entrance Way ; 
the Firemen's, Pilots', Old Sea Captain's, Cauda, 
Scribner, J. G. Bennett and McDonald Clarke monu- 
ments ; the tombs of William E. Burton, the comed- 
ian, Lola Montez (" Eliza Gilbert "), Horace Greeley, 
Crawford Livingston, &c. ; the vaults of Stephen 
W^hitney, William Niblo, &c. Most beautiful point, 
that at and around " Sylvan Water ;" finest views, 
those from " Ocean Hill " and " Battle Hill." [May 
also be reached from New York by Fulton Ferry and 
horse-cars of the Greenwood or Fifth Avenue lines.] 
Service-carriages, for going through the cemetery, 
may always be found at the entrance. Beyond Green- 
wood and Prospect Park, the same drive may be 
profitably extended to Prospect Park Race Course, 
and by grand new Ocean Parkway, to 

Coney Island, fine sea-beach, with excellent bath- 
ing and great summer popularity as a resort. [Ma}' 
also be reached from New York by Fulton Ferry, and 
by Smith and Jay Street horse-cars ; or by either of 
the horse-car lines to Greenwood, thence by steam 
to the beach ; or by steamer from New York, several 
times daily during the season.] 

OTHER SHORT EXCURSIONS. 

Other Short Excursions will be those to the Brook- 
lyn Navy Yard, with extensive Dry Dock, Museum 
of Marine Curiosities, and much of general interest 
[horse-cars from Fulton Ferry, " Navy Yard "] ; to 
Fort Hamilton, at the Narrows, junction of the 



30 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

Upper and Lower Baj's, with fortifications and very 
tine sea-view [drive, or may be reached by Fulton or 
Hamilton Ferry, and horse-cars] ; to Evergreen Cenie- 
tery, East New York, [drive, or Fulton Ferry and 
Fulton Avenue horse-cars] ; to Rockaway Beach 
and Far Rockaway, picturesque line of coast on the 
South side of Long Island, celebrated for sailing, 
fishing, and as a resort always cool even in the 
hottest weather, owing to the breezes caused b\' 
peninsular position, and once made famous b}'^ the 
song commencing . 

■'On old Long Island's sea-girt shore, 

Many an hour I've whiled away, 
Listening to the breakers' roar, 

That washed the beach of Rockaway." 

[Feiry from James' Slip or Thirty-fourth street to 
Hunter's Point for Long Island Railroad ; or ferry 
from foot of Grand street, East River, for South- 
Side Railroad ; or horse-cars to East New York from 
Fulton or South Ferries, steam-cars to Canarsie and 
boat to beach ; or, daily excursion boat from New 
York] ; to Hoboken, great base-ball and cricket 
grounds, and favorite German resort, across the 
Hudson, in New Jersey [ferry from Barclay street or 
Christopher street] ; to Bergen Point [drive or 
horse-car from Jersey City, or train on New Jersey 
Central Railroad, from foot Liberty street] ; to Paf- 
erson and Passaic Falls [train on Erie Railroad, foot 
Chambers or Twenty-third street] ; to Newark, 
largest and most thriving city in New Jersey [train 
on Pennsylvania Railroad, foot of Cortlandt street ; 



JVEIV YORK CITY AXD BROOKLYN. 31 

or Newark and New York Railroad, foot Liberty 
street] ; to Elizabeth, New Jersey [train on Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad, foot Cortlandt street, or New Jersey 
Central, foot Liberty street] ; to Stateji Island [New 
Brighton, Sailors' Snug Harbor, Port Richmond, 
Ehn Park, &c., by the North Shore boats, from the 
Batter)^ or De}^ street, every hour ; and Vander- 
bilt's, Quarantine, Tompkinsville, Clifton, &c., by 
the East Shore boats, from Battery, every hour]. 

LONGER EXCURSIONS. 

Longer excursions of interest, conveniently made 
from New York, are those to 

Long Branch, great sea-shore resort, on the 
New Jersey coast, with several miles of fine bluff, 
bold surf-bathing, admired sea-view, splendid drives 
and excursions, and an immense number of Sum- 
mer hotels, capable of accommodating fifteen to 
twenty thousand visitors (among the principal the 
Ocean Hotel, West End, Manswft House, United States, 
Brighton, Howla7id, Pavilion, &c.), and a present 
popularity making it the most generally sought and 
notable place on the American sea-coast. It supplied 
the summer residence of President Grant, and has 
many cottages of the wealthy. Near it are Eaton- 
tawji (with Monmouth ParJz Race Ground in the im- 
mediate neighborhood). Red Bank, Deal, and other 
villages of New Jersey. [Reached by boats of the 
New Jersey Southern Railroad, to Sandy Hook, (with 
government fortifications, and entrance to the Lower 
Bay) ; thence, by rail, by the Highlands of Navesink 
(fine elevation, with splendid sea-air and view, and 



32 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

summer-boarding place of merit [and popularity — 
hotels, Tho7npspns, and Jenkinsons), Seabright, &c., 
[the whole distance within sight of the sea]. Or, by 
the new All-Rail Route from New York, from foot of 
Liberty St., by Central Railroad of New Jersey (Com- 
munipaw Ferr}^, and Rahway, to Perth Amboy, 
Keyport, Middletown, Red Bank, &c„ to Long 
Branch. [From Long Branch, railway connection to 
Freehold, and thence to Trenton and other cities of 
West New Jersey ; to Oceaji Grove, Squan, and other 
places along or near the coast; or train may be 
taken for Manchester, Toms River, and towns of New 
Jersey, further southward ; to Atla7ttic City, or 
Philadelphia.] To 

Lake Mahopac, pleasant and very popular minor 
watering-place, with handsome quiet wooded scenery, 
islands, line boating, sailing, fishing and other attrac- 
tions. Reached by Harlem Railroad, in a few hours, 
through the ver}^ fine scener)^ of that line, at the 
lower edge of the Hudson Highlands. Hotels, the 
Gregory House, Baldwin House, &c. To 

Schooley's Mountain (Heath House), mineral 
springs and popular summer-resort, with fine air 
and charming scener3^ in the minor mountains of 
New Jersey ; reached by the Morris and Essex Rail- 
road, from foot of Barclay street, b}'- Moin-istoiuji, one 
of the handsomest towns and most popular residen- 
ces in the State, to Hackettstowii, whence short ride 
by stage-coach. Also, Bttdd's [Lake, within a few 
miles of the preceding, and reached by same con- 
veyances — with many attractions of boating, fishing, 
&c. Also, Lake Hopatcong, with similar attractions 



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NEW^ YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 33 

to the place last named, reached by the same rail- 
road to Stanhope or Dover, thence carriage or boat 
to destination. To 

Delaware Water Gap (Kittatinny Hoitse), lying, 
as the name indicates, at one of the finest passes of 
the Upper Delaware, through and among the moun- 
tains dividing Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and 
with superb mountain and river scenery, pure and 
healthful air, and much popularity as a place of sum- 
mer resort. Has many features of especial woodland 
beauty, in Rebecca s Well, Venus Bath and Eureka 
Falls, views from Prospect Rock, Fox Hill, &c. [From 
the Water Gap, continuing by rail, may be reached 
Stroudsbu7'g and the Lackawanna Coal Regions of 
Pennsylvania; or southward, Easton, Philadel- 
phia,, &c.] To 

Greenport, Orient, Babylon, Fire Island, &c., minor 
watering-places at the east end of Long Island ; and 
to Jamaica and other places nearer. [Reached by 
Long Island Railroad — take boat from James Slip, 
or foot Thirty-fourth street. East River.] Also, to 
Gle7i Cove, and other near places on that island, bv 
oat on Long Island Sound. To 

West Point and the Hudson River Highlands, 
by rail, on Hudson River Railroad (Grand Central 
Depot) ; or, during all the warm season, by Day- 
Boat on the Hudson River (Daniel Drew or C. 
Vibbard), leaving foot of Vestry street, North River, 
at (about) 8.30 a.m. ; or Afternoon Boat (Mary Pow- 
ell), leaving foot of Vestry street, at 3.30 p.m. To 

The Catskill Mountains (fine mountain scenery 
and great summer-resort), by Day Boat, as to West 



PRACTICAL GUIDE. TO 

Point, or by rail on Hudson River Railroad (Grand 
Central Depot). To 

Albany (Capital of the State of New York,) atid 
Troy, \)y Day Boat, as to West Point ; rail, on Hud- 
son River Road ; or Night Boat, on the Hudson (St. 
John or Drew) leaving foot of Desbrosses street. 
North River, at 6 p.m. To 

Newburgh (N. Y.) by Day Boat, as for Albany ; 
Afternoon Boat, as for West Point ; or Hudson 
River Railroad. To 

POUGHKEEPSIE and Hudson (N. Y.), by Day Boat 
as for Albany ; or Hudson River Railroad. To 

Saratoga Springs (most fashionable watering- 
place and spa of America) by same route as to Al- 
bany ; thence Rensselaer and Saratoga Railway. To 

Niagara Falls (first natural wonder of the Con 
tinent), by Hudson River and New York Central 
Railway ; or \>j Erie Railway (foot Chambers street 
or foot Twenty-third street) ; or boat to Albany, 
thence New York Central R. R. To 

Bridgeport (Conn.), by New York. New Haven 
and Hartford Railroad (Grand Central Depot) ; or 
boat on the Sound, from Pier 35, East River. To 

New Haven (Conn., seat of Yale College, and 
called the " City of Elms," from its shaded beauty), 
by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ; 
or by Afternoon Boat on Long Island Sound, 
leaving Peck Slip, East River, at 3 p.m. To 

Hartford (Capital of Connecticut), by New York, 
New Haven and Hartford Railroad ; or by Afternoon 
Boat on Long Island Sound, from Pier 24, near 
Peck Slip, East River. To 



A'EPV YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 35 

Boston, by New York, New Haven and Hartford 
Railroad (Grand Central Depot); or boat on Long 
Island Sound, at 5 p. m., of Norwich Line, Pier 40, 
North River ; Fall River Line, Pier 28, North River, 
or Stonington Line, Pier 33, North River. To 

Martha's Vineyard (Mass. — favorite health re- 
sort, and spot of great Methodist Camp-Meeting in 
August) by Fall River boat, as for Boston ; or, di- 
rect steamer for Portland, leaving Pier 38, East 
River, on Monda}'- and Wednesday afternoons. To 

Portland (capital of Maine), by rail, by Boston ; 
or b}^ direct steamer, as for Martha's Vineyard. 
To 

Providence (capital of Rhode Island), by Shore 
Line, on New York, New Haven and Hartford 
Railroad (Grand Central depot) ; or Stonington 
boat on Long Island Sound, from Pier 33, North 
River, at 5 p.m. ; or Direct Steamer, from Pier 27, 
North River. To 

Newport, R. I. — favorite and fashionable sea- 
coast watering-place, — by Shore Line, as for Provi- 
dence, to Wickford, R, I., thence boat ; — or, Fall 
River boat, from Pier 28, North River. To 

New London, Conn. — by Shore Line, as for 
Providence ; or Norwich Line boat on Long Island 
Sound, from Pier 40, North River, at 5 p. m, To 

Philadelphia, by Pennsylvania Railroad, from 
foot Cortlandt street, or foot Desbrosses street ; or 
by New York and Philadelphia New Line of New 
Jersey Central Railroad, from foot of Liberty street, 
North River. To 



36 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

Trenton — capital of NewTJersey, — b}'^ Pennsylva- 
nia Railroad, as for Philadelphia. To 

New Brunswick and Princeton — N. J., — by 
Pennsylvania Railroad, as for Philadelphia. To 

Cape May, N. J., — popular sea-coast [watering- 
place, at the mouth of the Delaware River, — by any 
route to Philadelphia, thence West Jersey Railroad, 
from Camden. To 

Atlantic City, N. J. — sea-coast watering-place, 
— by New Jersey Southern, boat and rail, foot of 
Rector street, North River. To 

The White Mountains, New Hampshire — splen- 
did mountain scenery and great hot-weather resort, 
— by Norwich boat, from Pier 40, North River, at 
5 p.m., to New London, thence rail ; or by any route 
to Boston, thence rail. To 

The Adirondack Mountains, by any route to 
Albany; thence rail to Whitehall, and boat on Lake 
Champlain to Keeseville, N. Y. ; — thence land con- 
veyance. To 

Lake George, N. Y., — by route to Saratoga 
Springs, thence rail to Glen's Falls, and stage. To 

Lake Champlain — by route as to the Adiron- 
dacks. To. 

Trenton Falls, N. Y. — one of the handsomest 
waterfalls in the world, with fine scenery surround- 
ing, — by any route to Albany, thence New York 
Central Railroad to Utica, and Utica and Black 
River Railroad to Trenton Falls Station, To 

Watkins Glen, N. Y. — remarkable gorge, on 
Seneca Lake, — by Erie Railway to Elmira, thence 



NEW YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 37 

Pennsylvania Northern Central Railroad to Wat- 
kins. To 

Harrisburgh, capital of Pennsylvania, — by 
Philadelphia. To 

Washington, National Capital,— by Philadel- 
phia and Baltimore. To 

Baltimore, Md., — by Philadelphia. To 

Pittsburgh — Pa., — by^Pennsylvania Railroad, by 
Philadelphia. To 

Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, as to [Pittsburgh, 
thence Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis R. R. 

Chicago, by Pennsylvania Railroad to Pittsburgh, 
thence Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail- 
way ; or by Erie Railway to Niagara or Buffalo, 
thence Grand Trunk or Lake Shore Railway ; or, by 
Hudson River and New York Central Railroad to 
Niagara or Buffalo, and thence same options. To 

St. Louis, by Pennsylvania Railroad and connec- 
tions ; or from Chicago. To 

Montreal and Quebec, by New York Central and 
Hudson River Railroad to Albany, and rail to 
Whitehall ; thence rail through Vermont, or boat on 
Champlain. Or, by].;^rail from New London— New 
London Northern ; or by rail from Boston. 

[Far- Western Excursions, those to Colorado, the 
Pacific Coast, &c., are usually made by Chicago or 
St. Louis ; South-Western and Southern by St. Louis, 
or by Baltimore and Washington.] 



■^ PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

A FEW USEFUL NEW- YORK-CITY TABLES. 



LEADING PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. 

Acaueniy of Music, East 14th street and Irving Place . 

Booth's Theati-e, West 23d street, corner Sixth avenue. 

Bower}' Theatre. 48 Bowery. 

Eagle Theatre, Broadway and Thirty-third street. 

Fifth Avenue Theatre, 28th street, near Broadway . 

Germania Theatre, 14th street, Tammany Hall. 

Grand Opera House, Eighth avenue, corner 23d street. 

Gilmore's Gai'den. (Hippodrome), Fourth avenue and 26th street. 

Lyceum Theatre, 107 West 14th street. 

New York Aquarium, Broadway and Thirty-fifth street. 

New Broadway Theatre, 1221 Bi'oadway. 

Niblo's Garden, 576 Broadway. 

Olympic Theatre, 624 Broadway. 

Park Theatre, 932 Broadway. 

San Francisco Minstrels, Broadway, corner 29th street. 

Stadt Theatre, 45 Bowery. 

Theatre Comique, 514 Broadway. 

Tony Pastor's Theatre, 587 Broadway. 

Union Square Theatre, 14th street, near Broadway. 

Wallack's Theatre, 844 Broadway. 

ART GALLERIES. 
Academy of Design, Fourth avenue, corner 23d street. 
Cooper In.stitute, Fourth avenue and Eighth street. 
Historical Society, corner Second avenue and Eleventh street. (By 

introduction. ) 
Knoedler, Fifth avenue. 
Kurtz, 6 E. 23d street. 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 128 West 14th street. (.Mondays and 

Thursdays free.) 
Somerville, 14th street and Fifth avenue. 
Sarony & Co . , 680 Broadway . (Photographic— Free . ) 
Schaus, W., 749 Broadway. (Free.) 
Snedecor, W., 768 Broadway. (Free.) 

CLUBS. 
American Jockey, Madison avenue, corner East 27th. 



NEJV YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN, 39 

Arion, 21 St. Mark's Place. 

Armj' and Navy, 16 Fifth Avenue. 

Aschenbroedel, 74 East Fourth street. 

Blossom, 129 Fifth avenue. 

Century, 109 East 15th street . 

German, 104 Fourth avenue. 

Gotham, Broadway, corner East 14th street. 

Knickerbocker, Fifth avenue, corner East 28th street. 

Liederkranz, 35 E.^4th street. 

Lotus, Fifth avenue and 21st street. 

Manhattan, 96 Fifth avenue. 

New York, 309 Fifth avenue. 

N. Y. Chess, University Building . 

N. Y. Caledonian, 118 Sullivan street. 

N. Y. Yacht (House at Staten Island), Madison avenue, corner East 

22d street. 
Palette, 6 East 23d street, Madison Square. 
Travelers', 124 Fifth avenue. 
Union League, Madison avenue, coi-ner East 26th street. 

MAIL STATIONS. 

All the Stations, except ilf, are Money Order Offices, by which 

Orders are issued or paid. 

Open from 6.30 a.m. to 8 p.m. On Sundays from 8.00 to 9.30 a.m. 

^4_595 Broadway. 3/— Tenth avenue, cor. 152d st. 

B—m) Grand street. Q— Manhattanville. 

C— 583 Hudson street. i2— 110th street and Boulevard. 

i)_4 Cooper Institute. Monisania. 

£J— 465 Eighth avenue. Tremont. 

i*'— 550 Third avenue. West Farms. 

G'— 935 Eighth avenue. Fordham. 

J?— 1009 Third avenue. Spuj-ten Duyvil. 

J— 73d street and Boulevard. King's Bridge. 

E:— 1531 Third avenue. Riversdale. 

L— 2237 Third avenue . Woodlawn. 

PRINCIPAL FOREIGN CONSULATES. 

(jreat Britain.— \" Broadway. I.E. M. Archibald, C.B. : J. Pierre 

pont Edwards, V. C.) 
Fi-ance.—A Bowhng Green (foot Broadway).] 
Oerinany.—2 Bowling Green (foot Broadway). (H. A. Schumaker 

C. G.) 



40 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

Italy.— 7 Broadway, Room 14. 

Austria. — 33 Broadway. Room 25. (Theodore A. Havemeyer, C. G.) 

Hungary. — (As Austria.) 

Belgium. — 6S "Worth street. (Chas. 3Iah. » 

Denniarl: — 52 Broadway. Room 12. 

Siveden. — IS Exchange Place, Rooms 9 and Itt. 

Soru-ay. — (As Sweden, t 

Holland. — 15 Exchange Place. 

Spain. — 29 Broadway. Room 30. 

Su-itzerland. — 60 Wall street. Room 7. iV. C. -iS Wall street, i 

Russia. — 52 and 50 Exchange Place. i^Waldemar Bodisco, C. G. : H. 

Baltzer, V. C.) 
Portugal. — 148 Pearl street. (G. Amsinck. C. G. • 
Mexico. — 35 Broadway. (J. N. Xavarro. C. G. > 
Brazil. — 42 Broadway. 
Greece. — 56 Stone street. 
Japan. — 7 and 9 "Warren street. 
Chili. — 663^ Pine street. 
Egypt. — 76 South street. 
Peru. — 39 Broadway. 
Turkey. — 122 Front street. Room 17. 

HOTELS. V ALPHABETICAL. . 

Aberdeen Broadway and 21st street 

Albemarle Broadway and 24th street . 

Arlington 22 East 14th street . 

Ashland Fourth avenue and 24th street . 

Astor 221 Broadway. 

Astor Place 25 Third avenue . 

Belmont '. 137 Fulton street . 

Belvldere Irving Place and 15th street . 

Berkeley Fifth avenue and Ninth street . 

Brandreth Broadway and Canal street . 

Brevoort 11 Fifth avenue . 

Broadway Broadway and 42d street . 

Buckingham Fifth avenue and 50th street 

Clarendon 64 Union Square . 

Clifford 26th street and Broadway. 

Coleman Broadway and 27th street. 

Continental 904 Broadway 

Cosmopolitan ^ Chambers street and "West Broadway . 

Crittenden Broadwav and 26th street . 



NEJV YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 41 

Crook's 84 Chatham street. 

Delmonico's Fifth avenue, 28th street and Broadway . 

Earle's Canal and Centi-e streets . 

Eastern Corner Wliitehall and South streets 

Everett Fourth avenue and 17th street . 

Fifth Avenue Fifth avenue and 23d street . 

Frankfort Frankfort and William streets . 

French's 1 Chatham street . 

Fulton Ferrj- House Coi-ner Fulton and South streets. 

Gilsey Broadvvay and 29th street . 

Glenham 155 Fifth avenue . 

Gramercy Park Gramercy Park, East 21st street . 

Grand ^ Bi-oadway and 31st street . 

Grand Central 671 Broadway. 

Grand Union Fourth avenue and 41st street . 

Grosvenor 37 Fifth avenue . 

Hoffman 1111 Broadway. 

Hoyt 759 Broadway . 

Hotel Branting Madison avenue and 58th sti'eet . 

" Brunswick 225 Fifth avenue . 

" Espanola 21 East Fourth street . 

" Monico 23 East 17th street . 

" Royal Sixth avenue and 40th street . 

■ ' St. Germain Fifth avenue and 22d street . 

International 17 and 19 Park Row . 

Irving 49 East 12th street. 

Leggett's 48 Chatham street. 

Libby 386 Fourth avenue . 

Marlborough Sixth avenue and 38th street . 

Merchants' 39 Cortlandt street. 

Metropolitan - 586 Broadway. 

Monument 6 Union Square . 

National 5 Cortlandt street. 

New England Bowery and Bayard street . 

New York 721 Broadway. 

Occidental. Broome street and Boweiy . 

Pacific 172 Greenwich street . 

Parker Broadway and 34th street . 

Park Beekman and Nassau streets . 

Prescott Broadway and Spring street. 

Putnam Fourth avenue, near 27th straet. 

Revere 606 Broadway . 



42 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

Rossmore Broadway a nd 42d street . 

Saint Charles 648 Broadway . 

Saint Cloud Broadway and 42d street . 

Saint Denis Broadway and 11th street . 

Saint James 1133 Broadway . 

Saint Julien 4 Washington Place . 

Saint Germain 1 East 22d street . 

Saint Nicholas 515 Broadway . 

Saint Omer Sixth avenue and 23d street . 

Sinclair 754 Broadway . 

Sixth Avenue 777' and T<'9 Sixth avenue . 

Smith & McNeirs V.fi Washiugt.ni and 198 Greenwich streets. 

Southern t)~9 Broadway . 

Spingler 5 Union Square . 

Stacy 760 Broadway . 

Steele's Greenwich and Duane sti'eets . 

Stevens 23 Broadway . 

St. Stephen's. 11th street, near Broadway. 

Sturtevant 1186 Broadw^ay . 

Sweeney's Chambers and Chatham streets. 

Torrilhon 344 Sixth avenue . 

Tremont 665 Broadway. 

Tyler Broadway and 12th street . 

Union 465 Fourth avenue . 

Union Place Broadway and 14th sti-eet . 

Union Square 16 Union Square 

United States Fulton and Pearl streets. 

University 27 Waverley Place. 

Van Dj'ke's Chatham and South streets . 

Van Dj'ke House Bowery and Bayard street . 

Washington " 1 Broadway. 

Webb 42d street and Fifth avenue. 

West End Washington Heights . 

West Side Sixth avenue and 15th street . 

Westminster Irving Place and 16th street . 

Winchester Broad%vay and 31st street . 

Windsor Fifth avenue and 46th street 



LEADING CITY OFFICIALS— 1877. 
J/a</cir.— Smith Ely, Jr. (City Hall.) 



NEIV YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 43 

Comptroller .—io\\w. KoUy. (Court House.) 
-S^/ieri^.— Bernard Reilly. (Court House.) 
Count// Clerk.— Kenvy X. Guinbleton. (Court House.) 
City Chamberlain.— J. Nelson Tappan. (Court House. ) 
Recorder. — John K. Hackett. (371 Broadway.) 
Register.— Fatrick H. Jones. (Hall of Records, Park. ) 
Super iyitendent of Police.— Greo. W. Walling. (.300 Mulberry street.) 
Corporation Counsel.— ^Ym. C. Whitney. (Staats Zeitung Building-.) 
Commissioner of Public Works.— Allan Campbell. (City Hall.) 
President Police Commissioners. — Wm. F. Smith. (300 Mulberry st.) 
Park Commissioners. — Henry G. Stebblns. (36 Union Sq.) 
Charities and Correction.— lssia,c H. Bailey. (East 11th 

street and Thii'd avenue . ) 
Board of Education. — William Wood. (146 Grand street.) 

U. S. OFFICIALS AT NEW YORK— 1877. 

C'oWecf or.— Chester A. Arthur. (Custom House.) 
Post iliasfer.— Thomas L. James. (Post C^ce.) 
Military Commandant.— Qen' I W. S. Hancock. (33 W. Houston st.) 

SOME LEADING NEW YORK CHARITIES. 

Prominent Hospitals (see p. 10). 

Alms House, 66 Third avenue, and Blackwell's Island. 

Am. Female Guardian Society, 32 E. 30th st. 

Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, Room 59, Bible 

House, 8th st. 
Central Dispensary. 934 Eighth avenue . 
Charity Hospital, 66 Third avenue, and Blackwell's Island. 
Children's Aid Society, 19 E. 4th st. 
Children's Fold, 157 E. 60th st. 
Colored Home, 65th st.. near Third avenue. 
Cooper Lodging House for Men, 508 Pearl st. 
Demilt Dispensary, 401 Second avenue. 
Dental Infirmary, 243 E. 23d st. 

Dispensary of Homeopathic Medical College, 203 E. 23d st . 
Eastern Dispensary, 57 Essex st. 
Female Christian Home, 314 E. 15th st. 
Five Points House of Industry, 155 Worth st. 
Foundling Asylum, E. 68th st. and Third avenue . 
Gei'man Dispensary, 65 E. 8th st . 
Girls" Lodging House, 27 St. Mark's Place 



44 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

Home for Fallen and Friendless Girls, 86 W. 4th st . \ 

Home for Women, 273 Water st. j 

Home for Aged and Infirm (Chapin Home), E. fiRth sr.. near 3d ave. ^ 

Hospitals, all prominent, see p. 10. 

House of Mercy (Protestant Episcopal). W. Sfith st. 

Howard 3Iission. 40 New Bowery. 

Industrial Home for Women, 233 E. 31st st. 

Inebriate Asylum, 66 Third avenue, and Ward's Island. 

Insane As3-lum, 66 Third avenue, and Ward's Island. ; 

Ladies" Five Points JMission, 61 Park st. 

Leake & Watts Orphan House, Tenth avenue and H2th st. 

Lunatic Asylum, 66 Third avenue, and BlackwelFs Island. 

National Asjium for Soldiers, 1~1 Broadway. : 

Newsboys" Lodging House, 9 Duane St., and 19 E. 4th st. ; 

New York Catholic Protectory, 33 Warren St.. and Fordham . j 

New York Dispensary, 137 Centre st. \ 

New Yoi'k Eye and Ear Infirmary, 218 Second avenue . \ 

New York Institution for the Blind. Ninth avenue and 33d st . i 

New Yoi-k Juvenile Asylum, 61 W. 13th st. i 

New York Opthalmic Hospital, 23d st. and Third aveime. \ 

Northeastern Dispensary, 222 E. 59th st. 

Northern Dispensary, Waverley Place and Christopher st. ' — 

Nursery, Child's Hospital, &c., Lexington avene and 51st st. 

Peabody Home for Aged Women, 33d st. and Lexington avenue. 

Roman Catholic Girls' Orphan Asylum, 32 Prince st . 

Roman Catholic Male Orphan Asylum, 647 Fifth avenue. 

Sailors" Home, 190 Cheny st. 

St. John's Guild, 52 Varick st. 

St. Joseph's Asylum (German), 208 E. 4th st. ; 89th st. and Avenue A. 

St. Joseph's Home for the Aged. 209 W. 15th st. 

St. Joseph's Industrial Home, E. 81st st. and Madison avenue. 

St. Luke's Home, 89th st. and Madison avenue. 

St. Stephen's Home, 145 E. 28th st. 

St. Vincent's Home for Friendless Boys, 53 Warren st. 

State Emigrant Refuge and Hospital. Castle Garden, and Wards 

Island . ^ 

Sailors' Snug Harbor. 74 Wall st., and Staten Island. 
Sheltering Arms. 126th st. and Tenth avenue . 
Trinity Infirmary, 50 Varick st. 
Young Women's Aid Association, 26 Bond st. 



NEM^ YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 45 
THINGS WORTH KNOWING, 

FOR VISITORS AND RESIDENTS IN THE " EMPIRE CITY.'" 



That the Mttidelssoha Piano Company, of which the office is at 
56 Broadway, New York City, have in several regards deserved so 
well of all lovers of music and employers of musical instruments, as 
to be woi-thy of all the immense popularity they have attained. They 
have deserved well, in all their many improvements on and over the 
ordinary piano— culminating- in what is undoubtedly the best Upright 
Piano ever made, as additional to their admirable Sqviares and 
Grands ; and they have deserved even better in throv/ing overboard 
the whole costly system of agencies, putting themselves in imme- 
diate connection with buyers, and thus supplying $1,000 pianos at 
$450 ; $900 at $400 ; $850 at $350 ; $650 at $275, and $600 at $250 ! 

That the Guion Steamship Company, now enti-usted with the 
canying of both the United States and Royal Mails between Liver- 
pool, QueenstoAvn and New York, have no superiors in the excellent 
arrangement, comfort, safety and speed of their ships, of which the 
"Montana," " Wisconsin," •'Wyoming," "Nevada " and "Idaho," 
leaving New York for Queenstown and Liverpool every Tuesday, 
supply a fleet of which any Company might well be proud, and 
with which every passenger is likely to be well satisfied. 

That the Pacific Mail Steamers, sailing semi-monthly for Aspin- 
wall, Panama and San Francisco, have by no means been rendered 
unnecessary by the Pacific Railroads — passengers who wish the 
true comfort of transit from ocean to ocean, and who do not hap- 
pen to be too much i^ressed for time, preferring the luxurious com- 
fort of the sea- passage to the rattle and jar of the rail. And that, 
in connection, the special Clyde Steamshijjs, sailing for Havana, Gal- 
veston, Charleston, Wilmington (N. C), Boston, Providence, Rich"- 
mond, Washington, &c., fi'om the two ports of New York and 
Philadelphia, form a most extensive and admirable chain of Coast- 
wise lines, not othei-wise equaled on the Continent. 

That in the establishment of the Bureau of Mining Information, 
at No. 60 Broadway, over and in connection with the Mining Board, 
Col. Chisolm has conferred a great favor on the investing public, in 
arranging to supply correct information and prevent fraud and im- 
posture ; while the new Weekly of the Bureau, the Mining Record 



46 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

supplies a want long felt, and worthily can-ies out the same object 
of furtiiering legitimate dealing in Mining Stocks, and preventing 
" plants," "games "' and all irresponsible swindles. 

That Morfoi-d's Short Trip Guides to Europe and America, (pub- 
lished in connection with the " Practical Guide "), supply to travel- 
ers and toui'ists at once the cheapest, most comprehensive and 
most reliable of the hand-books assuming to direct the course of 
travel over the Old and New Worlds. The two books may be said 
to have been "winnowed " of all the "' chaff " usually" abounding in 
such publications, and to be at last the '"clear grain " of informa- 
tion. [Published by Lee, Shepard & Dillingham, 678 Broadway.] 

That the best down-town Hotel, in the City of New York, is to 
be found in the Stevens House, 17 to 27 Broadway, with a Restaurant 
of unsurpassed excellence and a hotel-rank of the very first class ; 
while the associations clinging to the house, of the distinguished 
and the fashionable who have made it their place of continued or 
temporary sojourn, materially add to the convenience of location 
in making residence there pleasant. 

That the very acme of pleasure in travel may be reached by 
taking one of the steamers of the Day Line on the Hudson (C. Vib- 
bard or Daniel Drew), from foot of Vestry street, any morning, 
and enjoying one of the very pleasantest boat-rides in the world, 
amid the magnificent scenery of that noble river, whether proceed- 
ing to West Point, any of the large towns of the Hudson, the Cats- 
kill Mountains, or Albany and the North, while all connections 
beyond Albany are as certain as if proceeding to that place by 
rail. 

That the Equitable Life Assurance Society, while affording view 
of one of the noblest structures in the world, at its building, 
corner of Broadway and Cedar Street, and a view from the top 
literally unequalled, has yet a much higher claim on general atten- 
tion, in its splendid financial and beneficiary standing, long known 
to those familiar with its workings, but lately so fully proved in the 
investigations ordered by the Legislature of the State, and at the 
same time demanded by its officers. When the State authorities, 
after a thorough examination of every detail, and a committee of 
the very first business men of the city, after an equally thorough 
independent examination, concur in pronouncing that it is sound 
to the core, admirably managed and abundantly reliable, certainly 
all concerned in the management of the society have cause for 
pride, and certainly every confidence maj^ be placed in its standing 



NEIV YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN, 47 

as among the verj' first life insurance institutions in the world, so 
that the visitor to tlie splendid structure can fully approve while 
enjoying. 

That a sail of incomparable pleasure and healthfulness may be 
enjoyed, all the yt ar, but especially during the warm season, by 
taking one of the boats of the i\^e»- Jcvseij Southern Railroad Line, 
at foot of Rector Street, (four or five times each day), and proceed- 
ing to Sandy Hook and Long Branch, —with magnificent harbor, bay 
and sea-views throughout, whether for sojourn at that favorite 
watering place, or on the way to any of the coast towns or Phila- 
delphia. '' 

That the Travelers' Ins-uranre Contpanij. of which the New York 
Office can now be found in the Tribune Building, Printing House 
Square, has passed through the late months of financial embarrass 
ment and distressing casualty, with all its promises kept, an 
amount weekly paid out to the injured, that might have frightened 
any less reliable or less liberal institution, and its reputation both 
assured and broadened before the world, of being an absolute 
necessity of the time. No man. with all his care, can quite insure 
himself against accident : but the Travelers' can and does indem- 
nify him, which is the next best thing to escape. The new rooms 
of the Travelers', by the way, in the Tribune Building, are hand- 
some enough to command the attention of every tourist. 

That there is no greater boon to the intending traveler, whethei- 
in America or abroad, than the existence of the tourist house of 
C'ooA-, Son (& Jenkins, 261 Bi'oadway, who have facilities for direct- 
ing travel, never before attained by any firm or association, and 
who manage them with corresponding skill and faithfulness. Over 
any route on the American Continent, including that to the Great 
West and California, to the White Mountains, ail the Summer re- 
sorts, and, indeed, anywhere, the Cook's Tourist Tickets are ready 
and available: while those who Avish to visit Europe, or Europe and 
the East, can secure passage by any of the ocean lines, and route- 
tickets through any country, on better terms than through any 
other medium, and hotel advantages corresponding. 

That the clothing house of TredireU. Jarman rf- Slate. Broadway 
corner of Chambers Street (old Delmonico Building ). has no superior 
in the city, or indeed in the country, in the excellence of the goods 
they furnish, the fashion and fit of every garment passing from 
their hands (whether custom work or general manufacture), or the 
very low comparative prices fqr vrhich the firm have been noted 



48 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

during their long sojourn in Fulton Street, and which they have 
full facilities for maintaining in their new quarters. Messrs. T., J. 
& S. have always honored the trade of their adoption ; and they will 
still more illustrate it in their new location, and with their splendid 
new facilities. 

That one of the most reliable insurance companies in the city, 
and one among the pleasantest ^\-ith which to transact business, is 
to be found in the Firemen's Fund Fire Insurance Company, No. 167 
Broadway, now for twenty years honorably established, with a re- 
liable capital, a fine surplus, always prompt and courteous in settle- 
ments, and managed by men who equally understand and honor 
the business of underwriting, so impoi-tant among the interests of 
a great city. 

That that enteriwising steamboat OAvner, Mr. R. Cornell White, 
deserves the thanks of the pleasure-seeking community for his ex- 
cellent arrangements in connection with excursions tromNew York 
to Rockaivaij. In addition to the popular boats already in his ser- 
vice, the -'AViUiam Cook," •"Navesink," -'Americus," &c., Mr. 
White will put on that 1^ route, by the middle of June, the splendid 
new and large steamer, the " Rockaucaij,'''' specially built for the 
line, and embodying the height of comfort and luxury as well as the 
best sea-going quahties. The two notifications : " No liquors sold 
on the boat," and " Nothing ambiguous permitted, in connection 
with the excursions " supply the best guaranty to families, or ladies 
unattended, of the Avorthy attractions of this Rockaway line, of 
which the time-table will be found in our advertising announce- 
ments. 

That Messrs . Jarret & Palmej-, the well-known theatrical impres- 
sarii, retain control of the large and splendid steamer, the " Ply- 
mouth Rock,'' and will put her on fhe Rockaway Route at about the 
middle of June, again under the management of Commodore 
Tooker, who made her so popular last season ; and that a magnifi- 
cent marine band, with the church chimes, the glee-club, the mad- 
rigal boys, and all the attractions, are to be retained as pleasing 
features of this popular boat and her excursions. Time-table to be 
found in advertising announcements. 

That the Urbana Wines, of which the depot in New York City is 
now to be found at 88 Chambers street, are among the best and 
purest of those produced in America, and the worthy rival of the 
very choicest productions of the of the European vineyards. Two 
brands, especially, the " Gold Seal " and "•Imperial," employing 



NEW YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN. 49 

the very best skill of experts from Rhelms, have been pronounced 
the equal of the best European ; and it may be noted that both the 
" sparkling " and " still " wines of the Urbana Company took 
medals and a diploma at the Vienna Exposition of 1873, and two 
prize medals at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition . 

That no greater curiosity is to be found in the great city of New 
York, than either or both the immense establishments of Messrs. 
A . T. Steivart d: Co., the retail at Broadway, Ninth and Tenth 
Sts., and the wholesale at Broadway, Chambers and Reade Sts. 
In the immensity of their assortment of goods, as well as the high 
quality of their manufactures and the fashion of their styles, the 
house of A. T. Stewart & Co. unquestionably stands at the head 
of the dry-goods trade of the world, as well as that of America ; 
and the possession of such a house is as much a matter of con- 
gratulation to the Empire City, as the opportunity of purchase 
there is one of privilege to the world of buyers. 

That the two leading Hotels of New York, at the present day, are 
to be found in the Wmdsor and Brevoort, each in its way unrivalled. 
The Brevoort has long been known as the resort of the best-in- 
structed travelers of the Old and New Worlds, having advantages 
in location and management securing that enviable standing ; and 
the Windsor, partially under the same management, with able 
coadjutors, has within its few years established a corresponding 
character as at the head of American hotels of the larger class, 
with unlimited accommodations, and a location paralleling that of 
the Brevoort without rivalhng it. 

That among the many excursions from New York, elsewhere 
alluded to, one of the pleasantest is to the most beautiful of 
American cataracts and among the most beautiful in the world, 
Tkenton Falls ; and that if anything could add to the charm of 
this famed spot, the addition is to be found in the; presence 
there of Moo7-e's Hotel, one of the most charming summer resorts 
on either continent . 

That the visitor to the Pacific Coast (no rare character in excur- 
sions from New York, now-a-days), finds a hotel home in the 
'immediate vicinity of the Golden Gate, in the Occidental Hotel, San 
Francisco, likely to prevent his feehng any i-egret for the rival 
houses left behind him— the Occidental being exceptionally lai-ge, 
convenient, well-situated and well-managed, and having the repu- 
tation of "setting the best table" between the two oceans that 
gird the republic. 



50 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

That to no mechanician of the day is the ai't of printing so much 
indebted as to Andrew Campbell, head of the Camjjbell Press and 
Manufacturing Company, 39 Beekman street, New York, and 
Wythe avenue and Hewes street, Brooklyn. It may be said that 
Mr. Campbell, a thorough inventor as well as machinist, has 
literally revolutionized the construction of printing presses, and 
their accompaniments, in doing away with the heavj^ clumsy and 
needlessly-expensive, and bringing into play all the resources of 
engineering to produce perfect accuracy combined with com- 
parative lightness and cheapness before unheard of. No higher 
proof of the excellence of the Campbell Presses is needed, than to 
say that the best of the splendid Aldine printing has been done on 
them— that their work done at the Centennial was universally 
admired— and that they as well as the Rotary Perfecting Printing 
and Folding Machines of this manufactory, received the very high- 
est awards of the Centennial Commission. 

That the Practical Guide is copyright, by Henry Morford, 1877. 

That since the passing of the sheets of this book through the 
press, the unveihng of the Halleck Statue, in the Central Park, 
gives a new feature of interest to that first place of resort of the 
Empire City. 

That the printing of this book is done by Fouse, Hershberger & 
Co., of No. 44 Ann street. New York, who have no superior in 
their line. 

That the stationery house of Francis & Loutrel, 45 Maiden Lane, 
New York, is at the very head of that department of trade, in the 
supply of the best blank books and stationery, and all the latest 
inventions in the line— many of them specialties of the house . 

That the International Hotel, Niagara Falls, is the leading, best 
located and most elegant house of entertainment at the Great 
Cateract, always patronized by the fashionable as well as the 
lovers of good living ; and that the Eossin House, Toronto, is one 
of the very leading houses of the Dominion, pleasantly situated 
and admirably kept, in that most beautiful town of all Canada. 

That the Chicago db North-Western Railway, between Chicago and 
Omaha, forms one of the most important hnksof the great railway 
chain extending across the continent, and stands at the head of the 
competing lines in many important particulars. Meanwhile this 
road affords the great thoroughfare for reaching St. Paul and the 
other important towns of the far-north-west. It is the well-founded 
boast of the C. & N. VV., among other things, that it suppUes the 



NEW YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN, 51 

most magnificent Pullman Drawing Room and Hotel Cars, to be 
found on any line in America, thus adding to the speed of travel a 
luxury otherwise unattainable . 

That the first banking-house in New York, with which to transact 
all business connected with exchange, letters of credit, &c., in ad. 
dition to ordinary deposit accounts, is that of Brown Brothers <fr 
Co., No. 59 Wall Street, whose standing is as reliable as that of the 
Bank of England, while the rapidity and courtesy with which they 
perform all operations in their immense line of financial dealings, 
is equally marked and satisfactory. 

That the banking-house of John Munroe dt Co., No. 8 Wall Street, 
is another of those exceptionally reliable institutions, with which 
all business connected with foreign exchange and the thousand- 
and-one ramifications of international finance, can be transacted 
with the full assurance of safety of operations, while marked cour- 
tesy in dealing adds materially to the pleasure of any business-in- 
tercourse. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS. 



;f00K, ^OJS 8f jEf^KINp, 

TOURIST OFFICE, 

Kc. 261 Broadway, New York City. 



Excursion Tickets for all Routes in America, (including California 

with Salt Lake City, IYosemite Valley, the Geysers, &c., 

and all the wonderful scenery' of Colorado) ; to 

ALL POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE WEST AND SOUTH 

THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, 

AND 

ALL POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE EAST/ AND NORTH 

AT 

Rates below those Otherwise Attainable, 

AND WITH 

Combinations and Privileges Peculiar to their Arrangennents 



TICKETS TO AND THROUGH EUROPE AND THE EASl, 
WITH OCEAN-CROSSING BY ALL LINES OF 
STEAMERS, AND AT MARKED REDUC- 
TIONS FROM ORDINARY 
RATES. 



"Cook's Excursionist," published monthly, price 10 cents, with 
nearly one thousand specimen Tours and Combinations. 



Branch Offices : Boston, 197 Washington St. ; Philadelphla., 1251 
Chestnut St. ; Washington, 820 F St. ; San Francisco, 3 New Mont- 
gomery St. ; New Orleans, 35 Carondelet St. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS, 



GUION LINE," 

U. S. and Royal Mail Steamers. 




SAILING FROITINEW YORK FOR QUEENSTOWN AND 
lilVERPOOIi, EVERY TUESDAY. 



First-Class Mail Steamships 

MONTANA, - - NEVADA, 

WISCONSIN, - - - IDAHO. 

WYOMING, 

From Liverpool every Wednesday, and Queenstown every 

Thursday. 



DRFATS payable in all parts of England, Ireland and Scotland. 



FOR PASSAGE APPLY TO 

WILLIAMS & GUION, 
29 Broadway. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS. 



1877. 
J-fuD^ON I^IVER BY pAYtlQHT, 

The only way to see the 

HUDSON RIVER, {THE RHINE OF AMERICA), 

And the most Cliariuing; Scenery through which it passes, is 

to take the 

NEW YORK AND ALBANY DAY LINE 

-a-# STEAMERS ;g.-l-^ 

CHAUNCEY YIBBAM k DAHIEL DREW, 

Leaving New York every morning (except Sunday), 
from foot of Vestry St., Pier 39, Nortli River, adjoining 
Jersey City Ferry, where passengers leave the cars from 
Philadelphia for the most celebrated resorts North and 
West. Landing at WEST POINT, CornwaU, Newburgh, 
Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, Catskill and Hudson, affording 
the tourist the best opportunity of visiting those places 
whose names are so often written upon the pages of 
REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY, arriving at Albany to 
connect with trains for Niagara Falls, Saratoga Springs, 
Lake George, the Adirondacks, &c. , &c. 

RETURNING, leave Albany every morning, making 
same landings, arrive in New York for trains South and 
West. 

For time of starting see New York Daily Papers. 

Isaac L. Welsh, G. T. A., 

Pier 39, North River, BT. Y. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS. 



j\(ew Jersey ^outhef(n 

RAILEOAD LINE. 



The only Liiue betvs^een New^ York and Pliiladelpliia 

VIA LONG BRANCH AND THE SEA SHORE. 

Favorite Route for 



Monmouth Park, 
Toms River, 
Waretown, 
Barnegat, 
Forked River, 
' I uckerton, 



IjOiig; ISraiicli, 
Oceau Grove, 
Beach Haven, 



Highlands, 
Seabright, 
Monmouth Beach, 
Red Bank, 
Eatontown, 
Bricksburg. 




The fast and favorite Steamer 

"JESSE HO YT." 

The magnificent floating-palace 

«« WMWiMM mnE^MMM,P 

Five trips per day, during the pleasure-season. 

(See daily papers and bills, for time-tables). 



Depot in New York, Pier 8, N. R., foot of Rector Street; in Philadel- 
phia, foot Market Street, and 700 & 732 Chestnut Street. 

W. S. SNEDEN, General Manager, 

GHAS. P. OTcFADDIN, Gen. Ticket Assent. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS. 



OCEAN EXCURSI0K2 

DAILY TO 

ROCKA^ATAY BEACH. 



Five Mammoth Steamers, and Seven Excursions 

Daily, 

Giving a fine view of the Harbor and Fortifications of New Yorlc, 
and a pleasant sail on 

The Atlain^tic Ocean, 

Passing the Narrows, and out by Sandy Hook and Coney Island, 
with its Hotels and Pavilions all in sight. Plenty of time given for 
lunch and a BATH IN THE SURF ON THE FINEST BEACH to 
be found on the Atlantic Coast. 

The Steamers of the Regular Rockaway Line, including the EN 
TIRELY NEW AND MAMMOTH STEAMER 

{The Gem of the Ocean), 
the largest and most magnificent steamer ever built for the excur 
sion business. Also, the regular line and favorite Steamboats 
AMERICUS, NEVERSINK, 

:ai>elphi and twilight, 

all staunch and sea-worthy Steamers, having on board eveiy day 
Conterno's Celebrated 23d Rcg't. Band, 

Madrigal and Glee Clubs, and 

Otlier Musical Attractions. 

Time Table of Boats leaving 
Twenty-Fourth St., North River, 8:30, 9:30, and 10 A. M., 1:30, 2:30, 
and 3 P.M. Pier No. 2, North River, 8:45, 9:45, and 10:15 A. M., 
1:15, 2:45, 3:15 P. M. Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, 9:00, 10:00, 10:30 A. M., 
S:CO, 3:00, 3:30, P. M. 

Returning, leave Rockaway 11:00 A. M., 12:00 M„ and 12:30, 4:00, 
5:00, and 7:00 P. M. 

Fare, to Rockaway, 85 cts. ; Excursion Tickets for 
Round Trip, 50 cts. 

Return Tickets of one boat are good on any other boat of this line. 
Look at advertisements in New York and Brooklyn Daily Papers, 
to get the latest authentic time-table. 



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Leaves, every day, pier foot of 22d street, N. R., at 10 A. M., and 
pier 2, N.R., (adjoining tlie Battery,) at 10:30 A. M. Remains at 
Rockaway Beach about three hours, affording ample time for 
Luncheon and Surf -Bathing. Reaches the city, on return, at about 
6 P. M. 

FAR£, 50 CENTS, HOUND TRIP. 
Marine Band, Mozart Glee Club, Madrigal Boys, Church Chimet. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS. 



C ^ L I F o n ]sri ^ . 

THE CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY 
Embraces under one management the Great Trunk Railway Lines 
of the WEST AND NORTH-WEST. Its 

OMAHA AND CALIFORNIA LINE 

Is the shortest and best Route for all points in Northern Illinois, 
Iowa, Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Cali- 
fornia, Oregon, China, Japan and Australia. Its 

CHICAGO, ST. PAUL. AND MINNEAPOLIS LINE 

Is the short line for Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, and for 
Madison. St. Paul. Minneapolis, Duluth and all points in the great 
Northwest. Its 

CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE LINE 

Is the old Lake Shore Route, and is the only one passing through 
EvANSTON, Lake Forest, Highland Park, Waukegan, Racine, Ke- 
nosha to Milwaukee. 

Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars 

are run on all through trains of tliis road. 

This is the ONLY LINE iiinning these ears between Chicago and 
St. Paul, Chicago and Milwaukee, or Chicago and Winona.; 

UNRIVALLED ! 
PULLMAN PALATIAL DRATl^ING-ROOM 

HOTEL C ^ R S. 

These celebrated Cars are run over the Chicago dt North-Westem 
Railway, ALONE, betiveen Chicago and Omaha. 

No other road runs tliis or any otlier form of Hotel 
Car betvi^een Cliicasro and Oiiialia. 



This Line of Hotel Cars was built expressly for the Chicago & 
North-Western Railway's CALIFORNIA LINE, and runs over 
it daily each way between CHICAGO AND OMAHA. 

No expense has been spared in the construction of these Cars, the 
Co-mpany being determined to excel all former p)roductions, and pre- 
sent to the Traveling Public a line of Hotels on Wheels, that will em- 
brace all the Magnificence, Comfort and Luxury of the best Hotels in 
the country. 

Through Tickets via this Route can be procured at all Ticket 
Offices in the United States and Canadas. 

New York Office, No. 415 Broadway ; Boston Office, No. 5 State 
Street ; San Francisco Office, No . 4, New Montgomery Street ; Chi- 
cago Ticket Offices. 

For rates or information not attainable from your home ticket 
agents, apply to 

W. H. Stennett, Marvin Hughitt, 

Gea. Pass. Ag't, Chicago. Gen. Man'g., Chicago. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS. 



BROWN BROTHERS & CO. 

59 Wall Street, New York, 

Issue, asrainst cash deposited, or satisfactoiy guarantee of repay- 
ment, Circular Credits for travelers, in Dollars for use in the United 
States and adjacent countries, and ki Pounds Sterling for use in 
any part of the world . 

These credits bearing the signature of the holder, afford a ready 
means of identification, and the amounts for which they are issued 
can be availed of from time to time, and wherever he may be, in 
sums to meet the requirements of the traveler. 

Applications for credits may be made to the above house direct, 
or through any first-class bank or banker in this country. 



They also issue Commercial Credits, make Cable Transfers of 
Money between this countrv and England, and draw Bills of Ex- 
change on Great Britain and Ireland. 

BROWN. SHIPLEY dt CO., 

Founder's Court, Lothburi/, London. 

BROWN, SHIPLEY <& CO., 

Chapel Street, Liverpool. 

JOHN MUNROE & COMPANY, 

BANKERS, 
iVb. 8 Wall Street, New York, and 
No. 4 Post Office Square Boston, 

ISSUE 

Circular Notes ais^d Circular Letters 
OF Credit for Travelers, 

ON THE 

CONSOLIDATED BANK, LONDON, 

AND ON 

MUNROE & COMPANY, 

PARIS. 



EXCHANGE O^ LONDOIS^ AND PARIS, 
Money Transferred, and Credits Opened by Cable. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS. 



THE 



EQUITABLE 
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY 

OF THE UNITED STATES, 

No. 120 Broadway, New York. 



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NeAv Business among the largest of any Company in America or 
Europe. Average Annual Growth gi-eater than any other leading 
Company. Percentage of Losses to Policies in force, less than 
any other. Percentage of Expenses to Income, less than the 
average of other New York Companies. 



OFFICERS: 

HENRY B. HYDE, Jh-esident. 

JAMES W. ALEXANDER, Vice-President. 

SAM'L BORROWE, Sea-etary. 

WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Ass't Secretary. 

GEO. W. PHILLIPS, I Actuaries 
J. G. VAN CISE, \ -^ctwa?-t«s. 

EDWARD W. LAMBERT, M. D., * ,r ^- i itu, • -^ 
EDWARD CURTIS. M . D. \ ^^<^'<^<^^ Examiners . 



ANNOUNCEMENTS. 

STEVENS HOUSE, 

On the European Plan, 

17 to 27 Broadway, N. Y. 

(Cor. Morris St. Station of the N. Y. Elevated R. R). 

CHAS. G. CORNELL, WM. BRODHEAD, 

Proprietor. Manager. 

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But a few minutes walk from the Stock, Produce, Cotton and 
Tobacco Exchanges, and the Principal Offices and Landings of the 
European and Southern Steamship and Eastern Steamboat Lines 

Easy access to all parts of the City by Omnibus and Street Cars. 

Suites for Families. Rooms for single Persons, $1.00 per day. 

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^^ RESTAURANT XJlVEXCELiIiED IN AMERICA. 

INCORPORATED 1858. 

]i^II^EJVlEJN^^ ]^UND |n^. ^0. 

OF NEW YORK. 

CASH C APITAIL, $1 50,000.00. 

SURPLUS, 65,000,00, 

ASSETS, $21 0,000,00, 

167 ^TOCLdwcLi/y JSTevi^ Jtior^k, 

AND 

85 Broadway, Brooklyn, E. D. 

This old established Company offers to the Public safe and re- 
liable indemnity against Loss and Damage by Fire. 

W. R. WADSWORTH, CHAS. E. APPLEBY, 

Secretary. President. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS. 




WINDSOR HOTEL, Fifth Avenue, 

FORTY-SIXTH and FORTY-S F VEN'TH STREETS, New York City. 
One of the most elegant, costly and perfect Hotels in America. 

HAWK, WAITE & WETHERBEE, Proprietors. 



BREVOORT HOUSE, 

FIFTH AVENUE, 
Near WASHINGTON SQUARE, 



NEW YORK. 



A quiet Hotel, with a Restaurant of peculiar excel- 
lence. 

Its patrons are of the best families of this country and 
Europe. 

C. C. WAITE, 

Resident Proprietor » 




MOORE'S HOTEL. 

TRENTON FALLS, 

^ 'New York. 

This first-class hotel is located immediately in the neigh- 
borhood of these, the handsomest Falls in America, and 
among the finest in the World ; and from it every facility is 
to be obtained for viewing them to advantage. 

M. MOORE, Proprietor. 



ANNO UNCEMEN TS. 



International Hotel 

NIAGARA FALLS. 



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J. T. FULTON, Jr., Proprietor. 

This magnificent Hotel is the largest and most pleas- 
antly situated of any at Niagara. Being the nearest to 
che Falls, and the only one containing all modern im- 
provements, it offers inducements to the travelling public 
which are unexcelled. A splendid addition, extending 

OVER loo FEET INTO THE RAPIDS, 
has just been completed, adding a large number of 

Magnificent Rooms directly Overlooking the River. 
Also, 

Three Elegant Parlors, 

which in point of beauty, and the splendid views of the 
Rapids and Falls they afford, cannot be surpassed. 

Guests may rely upon receiving every comfort and 
attention. 

Omnibuses and Porters at all Trains. 
Railroad, Steamboat and Telegraph Offices in the Hotel. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS. 



RossiN House Hotel, 




TORONTO, CANADA. 
G. P. SHEARS, Proprietor. 



This commodious and admirably located Hotel is finished and fur- 
nished with every regard to comfort and luxury ; has hot and cold 
water, with Baths and Closets on each floor. The Parlors and Bed 
Rooms are large and well-ventilated, and arranged for private parties 
and families. Is the coolest summer house in Canada, and thoroughly 
heated by steam in winter. Accommodation for 500 guests. Pa- 
tronized by all the nobility and gentry who have visited Canada. 



CHARGES. 



First Flat, - .- - 
Second Flat, 

Third and Fourth Flats, - 
Rooms with Baths attached, extra. 



13.00 per day. 
2.50 and $3.00 per day. 
2.00 and 2.50 *• 



J5^* Special arrangements made with families and private 
parties desirous of remaining for a time. 



NOTE. — Toronto is the Capital of the Province of Ontario, and 
has the best Colleges and Schools, and finest Public Buildings, in 
Canada. Telegraphic communication and R.R. Ticket Office in 
Main Corridor of Hotel. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS. 



Hammondsport, N. Y., 

STILL AND SPARKLING WINES, 

Agency, 88 Chambers Street, 

NE^V ITORK CITY. 



*^€l:-OX^D^ SEAL '^ &: ^^ IMPMIilAri? 



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Our two Leading Brands of Sparkling Champagnes, equal- 
ing Imported Wines. 

SWEET AND DRY CATAWBA; 

also. Port Wine, a superior article for sacramental pur- 
poses, absolutely pure, and delicious . 

No alien chemical elements whatever are employed, being en- 
tirely the result of the natural fermentation, aided by the highest 
skill and most patient diligence in the various stages of this process. 



Orders by mail, or personallj^ deUvered, will be attended to with 
the utmost fidelity and despatch, and are respectfully solicited . 



DAN B. HOPKINS, Agent. 



OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY : 
D. M. HILDRETH, President. H. H. COOK, Treasurer. 

CLARK BELL, Vice Pre^dent . A. SMEDBERG. Secretary. 
•A. J. SWITZER, Gen. Sup't. 



ANNO UNCTMENTS. 



NEW YORK BUREAU 

FOR 

MINING INFORMATION, 

No. 60 BROADWAY, 
{Over AmeHcan Mining and Stock Exchange.) New York, 



This Bureau has been established to supply a daily increasing 
want of the Mining Interest of America. It has reliable Corres- 
pondents in all the Mining localities, and, while encouraging these 
great interests, will fearlessly expose all attempts to deceive the 
public with worthless investments in this class of property. 

Tlxe JSdlTitrLg RecoTcl^ 



NEW YORK BUREAU FOR MINING INFORMATION, 
i Price $3.00 per Annmn., in advance, 

will be the ofificial mouthpiece of the Bureau, and will be published 
every Thursday. Subscribers to The Mining Record will be en- 
titled to all the privileges of the Bureau. Reliable Assays of all 
kinds of Ore will be made when ordered, and Experts will be pro- 
vided to examine Mines and Mining Property. 

All communications will meet with prompt response. For fur- 
ther particulars, address 

AliEX. KOBT. CHISOIiM, 

Manager. 

N. B. — Liberal arrangements made with reliable Cor- 
respondents and Experts. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS. 



THE HIGHEST HONORS 

AT THE 

CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 

The Judges unanimously recommended the 

MENDELSSOHN PIANOS 



DIPLOMA OF HONOR AND MEDAL OF MERIT, 

Placing them in the Frorti Rank without a Superior. 

PftlCES BELO^Y COMPETITION, 

FOR STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS INSTRUMENTS. 
$600 for $250. $650 for $275. 

$700 for $300. $750 for $325. 

S800 for S350. $900 for $400. 

$1,000 for $450. 
NO COMMISSIONS TO AGENTS. 

NO DISCOUNTS TO TEACHERS. 

NO DEVIATION IN PRICE. 
THE MENDELSSOHN 

GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOS 

contain valuable patents and improvements never before introduced • 

Mathushek's New Patent Duplex Overstrung Scale 

is the greatest advance in the history of Piano making, producing 
the most astonishing power, richness and depth of tone, and a sus- 
taining singing quality never before attained, being a " Grand Piano 
IN A Square Case." 

THE MENDELSSOHN UPRIGHTS 

are the finest in America. 

They are pronounced the "Pianos of the Future." 

Manufactory and Warerooms : 

Nos. 490, 492, 494, 496 and 498 West Fifty-seventh St., 
Nos. 858, 860, 862, 864, 868 and 870 Tenth Avenue . 
PIANOS SENT ON TRIAL. 
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue mailed fi'ee. 

iriENDELSSOHN PIANO CO., 

Business Office, 
No. 56 BROADWAY, N. Y. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS. 



A. CAI?IPBEIiIi, President. 

A. F. BROWN, JNO. R. CAMPBELL, J. L. BROWER. 

Treasurer. Secretary. Asst. Sec'y 

Campbell Printing Press 

AND 

MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 



OFFICE, 

JVo. 39 Beekman Street, New York. 

FACTORY, 

Wythe Avenue, Hemes and Penn Streets, 
Brooklyn, E. D., N. T. 



MANUFACTURERS OF 

Rotary Perrecting Printing & Folding Machines. 

ALSO 

Cylinder P^resses 

FOR 

Book, Nenrspaper, Job, Color & TTood-Cut Printing, 



The Campbell Presses are Endorsed by the Leading 
Printers and Publishers in the United States. 



Highest Award at the Philadelphia Centennial. 



SEND FOR IIiIiUSTRAT£D CATALOGUE. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS. 



Tredwell, Jarman & Slote, 



CUSTOM AND MANUFACTURING 



CLOTHIERS, 

BROADWAY, COR. CHAMBERS STREET, 

(Opposite Stewart's Wholesale House), 



Messrs. Tredwell, Jarman & Slote, on removal from Fulton 
Street, where they have conducted business for many years past, 
beg to announce that in transferring then- operations to Broadway, 
they are merely seeking the 

CONVENIENCE OF THEIR CIJSTOITIERS, 

and do not intend to abandon their well-known rule of [supplying 

Reliable Goods and Honest Workmanship 

AT PRICES FAR BELOW THE USUAL BROADWAY SCALE. 



Additional space and added facilities, enable Messrs. Tredwell, 
Jarman & Slote to 

Fill Custom Orders with Great -Expedition^ 

and at the same time to keep on hand 

CUSTOM GOODS IN GREAT VARIETY, 

AND 

R.EADT-OTADE CLiOTHING IN FUI.Ii ASSORTMENT 

All below ruling Prices. 



men's furnishing goods, 

In Large Assortment, and at Wide Range oj Prices. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS, 




Editorial and Business Office, 52 Broadway, N, Y, 

MORFORD'S 

SHORT-TRIP GUIDE 

TO 

EUROPE. 

Most perfect Guide for Americans in the Old World. Neat, 

compact, of the right size for the pocket. 

Everj'thing fresh and new. 

Handsome 16mo, flexible covers, with map, Price $1.50. 

LEE, SHEPARD k DILLINGHAM, Publishers, 

678 BROADWAY NEW YORK, 

MORFORD'S 

SHORT-TRIP GUIDE 



AMERICA. 



Complete Guide over all New World Routes, including California. 

With a special Tour in Virginia. 

Handsome 16mo, flexible covers, with map, Price $1.00. 

LEE, SHEPARD &. DILLINGHAM, Publishers, 

678 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 



ANNO UNCEMENTS. 



FRANCIS & LOUTREL. 

i5 Maiden Lans, Hew York< 

IVIanufacturers of 

PATENT SPRING-BACK ACCOUNT BOOKS. 

Writing Papers, Fancy and Staple Stationery, 

Df every description for Business, Professional, or Private use, at 

Low Prices. 

DIARIES AND DAILY JOURNALS. 

Gold Pens, Chessmen, Pocket Cutlery, Drawing Materials and 

Paper, Mourning Paper and Envelopes, Cards, Portfolios, 

Writing-Desks, Expense Books. Time-Books, 

Wash Books. Ink Trays, Copying 

and Seal Presses. 

COPY YOUR L.ETTERS, 

Use our Improved Manifold Letter- Writer— Letters and Copies are 

written at the same time . 

Patent Copyable Printing Ink, 

Indispensable for Bankers, Merchants, Transportation Companies, 

and others, Blanks lyrinted ivith this Ink will copy 

in an ordinary Copying Press. 

Patent Safety Checks, 

Cannot be altered by cliemical or mechanical means without instant 

detection . 
Patent Composition for Printers' Inlying Rollers, 

Does not Harden, Shrink, or Crack. 
P.O. INDELIBLE STAMPING INK, BLACK. BLUE AND RED. 

DUPLICATING ORDER BOOKS AND INK SHEETS. 
REPORTERS' MANIFOLDS. 
ORDERS SOLICITED. 
FRANCIS & LOUTREL., 45^ Maiden Lane, N. Y. 



DO NOT MISTAKE THE COMPANY. 




TO 

TRA.VELEI18. 

Cash Assets, over $4,000,000. 



THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY 

OF HARTFORD, CONN., 
grants everything desirable in 



ACCIDENT DEPARTMENT. 

Foreign Travel. — Policies insuring against death by any form of accident, 
at home or abroad. 

RATE PER $1000. 
One Month. Two Months. Three Months. One Year. 

$a.90. $3-3S- $3-8o. $5.00, 

American Travel- Policies insuring against death by accident, and cor- 
ering Indemnity for disabling injuries, at rate of $5.00 per week with each 
$1,000 insured. 

RATE PER $1000. 

One Month. Two Months. Three Months. One Year. 

$1.50. $2.15. $3.00. $5.00. 

Daily average of Losses paid, $900 00 (during twelve years.) 

LIFE DEPARTMENT. 

In its Life Department, the Travelers grants full Life and Endowmeht 
Policies, embracing the best features of the best companies, as to non-forfeitute, 
terms of payment, etc., but without any of the complications or uncertainties '•? 
she note system 

All policies non-forfeitable. Its five, ten, fifteen and twenty year policies c^a 
be converted into endowments, at the option of the insurant. This feature \t 
original with this Company. 

R. DENNIS, Secretary. J. G. BATTERSON, President. 

N«w York Orrici, TRiBtTKE Building. 

R. M. JOHNSON, Manager 




CLYDE'S 

COASTWISE, WEST INDIA & PACIFIC STEAM LINES 



BETWEEN 



NEW YORK 



Havana, Cuba; Hayti and St. Domingo; Galveston, Texas; 
Charleston, S. C. ; Wilmington, N. C. ; Philadelphia, Pa. 

PHILADELPHIA 

AND 

Boston and Providence; Charleston, S. C. ; Norfolk and Rich- 
mond, Va. ; Alexandria; and Washington, D. C. 

Ntnv Orleans, La.; Cedar Keys & Key fVeu, F/a.; & Ha-vana, Cuba, 



NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA LINE, 

Via Isthmus of Panama, 

Connecting vi^ith Lines on the Pacific Coast for 

Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand, British Columbia, Central 

America and South Pacific Ports. 

WM. P. CLYDE & CO., 

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